1st Edition

Japan and Germany as Regional Actors Evaluating Change and Continuity after the Cold War

By Alexandra Sakaki Copyright 2013
224 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

224 Pages 3 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The end of the Cold War and the bipolar era constituted a significant change in Germany's and Japan's foreign policy settings, granting both countries greater leeway to pursue policies divergent from Washington's strategy. This important book fills a gap in the existing literature by employing an explicitly comparative framework for analyzing and evaluating Germany's and Japan's post-Cold War... Read more

Introduction  1. Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks  2. Role Conceptions in German and Japanese Speeches  3. German and Japanese Missile Defence Policies  4. Policies on Textbook Talks: Comparing German-Polish and Japanese-South Korean Dialogue  5. Conclusion

Biography

Alexandra Sakaki is a Bosch Foundation research fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik) in Berlin, Germany.