1st Edition
Japan's Foreign Relations in Asia
Introduction, James Brown and Jeff Kingston
Section I –Foundations
1. Japan’s Foreign Relations in Cold War Asia 1945-1990, Jeff Kingston
2. International Relations Theory and Japanese Foreign Policy, Gilbert Rozman
Section II-Regional Themes
3. Evolution or New Doctrine? Japanese security policy in the era of collective self-defense, Daniel Sneider
4. Japan’s Security Policy in the Context of the US-Japan Alliance: The Emergence of an ‘Abe Doctrine’, Christopher Hughes
5. Japan’s Disarmament Tightropes and Triangulation, Brad Glosserman
6. China’s Grandiose Maritime Ambitions Challenge Japan, Howard French
7. Japan’s Aspirational Idea of Inherency, Alexis Dudden
8. ‘Commitment by Presence’: Naval Diplomacy and Japanese Defense Engagement in Southeast Asia, Alessio Patalano
9. The Triumph of Hope over Experience: The False Promise of Japanese Soft Power in East Asia, Thomas Berger
10. Japan’s Multilateralism in Asia, Tina Burrett
11. Japan’s Reconciliation Diplomacy in North East Asia, Kazuhiko Togo
12. Japan’s Rivalry with China in Southeast Asia: ODA, AIIB, Infrastructural projects, Mekong Basin and the disputed South China Sea, Lam Peng Er
Section III-Bilateral Relations
13. China in Japan’s nation-state identity, Haruko Satoh
14. Post-Cold War Sino-Japanese Relations and Japan’s China Policy: The Rise of Strategic Realism, Giulio Pugliese
15. Shadow Boxing: Japan’s Para-diplomacy with Taiwan, Jeff Kingston
16. Sour Partners: Japan and South Korea’s Uncomfortable Compromise for Cooperation, Cheol Hee Park
17. Japan-North Korea Relations, Aurelia George Mulgan
18. Japan’s Foreign Relations with Russia: Unfulfilled Potential, James D. J. Brown
19. Japan’s Post-Cold War Foreign Policy toward Indonesia, Jun Honna
20. Japanese-Thai Relations: On a Chessboard of Domestic and Regional Politics, Pavin Chachavalpongpun
21. The Evolution of Japan-Myanmar Relations Since 1988, Ryan Hartley
22. Japan’s Foreign Relations with the Philippines: A Case of Evolving Japan in Asia, Maria Thaemar TANA Yusuke AND TAKAGI
23. Japan-Vietnam Relations: Implementation of the ‘strategic partnership’, NAKANO Ari
24. Japan's Foreign Relations with India, Varun TOMAR AND Giorgio SHANI
Biography
James D.J. Brown is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Temple University Japan. His recent publications include Japan, Russia and their Territorial Dispute (2016).
Jeff Kingston is Director of Asian Studies at Temple University Japan. His recent publications include Press Freedom in Contemporary Japan (2017) and Asian Nationalisms Reconsidered (2015).
