Overcoming isolationism : Japan's leadership in East Asian security multilateralism / Paul Midford.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Midford, Paul, author.

Series:

Studies in Asian security.

Studies in Asian security

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Security, International--East Asia.

Security, International.

Japan--Foreign relations--1989-.

Japan.

Japan--Foreign relations--East Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages).

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This book asks why, in the wake of the Cold War, Japan suddenly reversed years of steadfast opposition to security cooperation with its neighbors. Long isolated and opposed to multilateral agreements, Japan proposed East Asia's first multilateral security forum in the early 1990s, emerging as a regional leader. Overcoming Isolationism explores what led to this surprising about-face and offers a corrective to the misperception that Japan's security strategy is reactive to US pressure and unresponsive to its neighbors. Paul Midford draws on newly released official documents and extensive interviews to reveal a quarter century of Japanese leadership in promoting regional security cooperation. He demonstrates that Japan has a much more nuanced relationship with its neighbors and has played a more significant leadership role in shaping East Asian security than has previously been recognized.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

A Note on Japanese Transliteration and Names

Introduction

PART I. From Security Isolationism to Promoting Regional Multilateralism

1 Understanding Why States Pursue Regional Security Multilateralism

2 Japan and Its Regional Security Isolationism During the Cold War

3 Rethinking Regional Security Isolationism and Multilateralism

PART II. The Pivot Toward Regional Security Multilateralism

4 The Making of the Nakayama Proposal

5 Delivering and Defending the Nakayama Proposal

6 The Miyazawa Initiatives and Japan’s Leadership in Creating the ASEAN Regional Forum

PART III. Japan’s Role in Regional Security Multilateralism

7 Japan and Regional Security Multilateralism, 1994–2000

8 Japan and Widening Regional Security Multilateralism

Conclusion

Notes

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503613096

1503613097

OCLC:

1117312498