The Samurai preparing for the Dragon's attack? : normative drivers and strategic foundations of Japan's security cooperation with Australia and the United States / Hauke Klevinghaus.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klevinghaus, Hauke, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Samurai--Fiction.

Samurai.

Dragons--Fiction.

Dragons.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (91 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hamburg, Germany : Anchor Academic Publishing, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book offers an exploration and analysis of the ideational motives which drove the establishment of the 'Trilateral Strategic Dialogue' (TSD), a milestone defense framework that was concluded between Japan, Australia and the United States, in March 2006. Among realists the TSD was quickly identified as power-balancing of the three countries to counter a rising China. However, non-material reasons to establish a common forum for security cooperation are evident. Not only are the three allies democracies, but Japan, and especially Australia look back on decade-old alliances with the Unite

Contents:

The Samurai preparing for the Dragon ́s Attack?; Acknowledgements; Abstract; Table of Contents; Abbreviations; List of Figures; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - Analytical Framework; 1.1 Methodology; 1.2 National Identity; 1.3 Collective Identity; 1.4 Security Communities; 1.4.1 Tier One; 1.4.2 Tier Two; 1.4.3 Tier Three; Chapter 3 - Case Study; Part 1 - Collective Identity Formation 11/2001- 03/2006; 2.1 Bilateral Cooperation; 2.1.1 United States-Australia Relations; 2.1.2 Japan-United States Relations; 2.1.3 Japan-Australia Relations; 2.2 Trilateral Cooperation

2.3 South Korea ́s Exclusion2.3.1 ROK-Australia Relations; 2.3.2 ROK-United States Relations; 2.3.3 ROK-Japan Relations; Part 2 - Japan ́s Evolving Security Framework 05/2006 - 03/2010; 3.1 The "Japan-U.S. Alliance of the New Century"; 3.2 The Security Treaty with Australia 2007; 3.3 A Quadrilateral Relationship with India?; 3.4 BMD Cooperation with the United States; 3.5 ACSA with Australia 2010; 3.6 Convergence with the Obama Administration?; Part 3 - The Greater Strategy; 4.1 The Strategy: Multilateralism in the Asia-Pacific; 4.2 The Foundation; 4.3 The Bush Administration

4.4 Australia ́s Participation4.5 Japan ́s Participation and the "Arc of Freedom and Prosperity"; Chapter 4 - Conclusion; Bibliography

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 16, 2014).

ISBN:

3-95489-571-4