1st Edition

Japan as an Adapter Middle Power Navigating Ideological and Systemic Divides

By Stephen R. Nagy Copyright 2027
184 Pages
by Routledge

This book theoretically examines Japanese foreign policy and middle power diplomacy to suggest the country’s role as an international adapter middle power state, facilitating cooperation across ideological and systemic divides to comparative advantage within diplomatic entrepreneurship. Drawing on more than three decades of fieldwork, interviews, and detailed case studies spanning security,... Read more

Chapter 1        Introduction. Navigating U.S.-China Strategic Competition: Japan as an International Adaptor Middle Power State

Chapter 2        Declining Relevance and Adaptation: Japan as an International Adaptor Middle Power

Chapter 3        Japan’s Security Cooperation as an International Adaptor Middle Power State

Chapter 4        Japan’s Economic Cooperation as an International Adaptor Middle Power State

Chapter 5        Japan’s Cooperation in Infrastructure and Connectivity Projects in the Indo-Pacific Region

Chapter 6        Japan as an International Adapter Middle Power: Technological Diplomacy and Strategic Bridge-Building in the Indo-Pacific

Chapter 7        Diplomacy and Japan as an International Adaptor Middle Power State

Chapter 8        Conclusion. Japan as an International Adapter Middle Power: Navigating Ideological and Systemic Divides

Biography

Stephen R. Nagy is Professor at the International Christian University, a senior fellow and China project lead at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, and a JIIA CGO Fellow at the Japan Institute for International Affairs. He is also the Director of Policy Studies at the Yokosuka Council for Asia-Pacific Studies (YCAPS), where he leads the Indo-Pacific Policy Dialogue Series. 

 

"This book by a scholar with significant policy exposures is both analytically and empirically strong, making its theoretical contributions more reliable and meaningful. Its concise and clear writing style makes a highly readable book at all levels of scholarship. Top think tanks globally should take note of this book for possible inclusion into their reading lists."

-- SATO Yoichiro, Professor, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, and Senior Advisor, Yokosuka Council on Asia Pacific Studies