1st Edition

Japan�s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships

Edited By Gauri Khandekar, Bart Gaens Copyright 2018
216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

216 Pages
by Routledge

As tensions between China and Japan increase, including over the disputed islands in the East China Sea, Japan has adopted under Prime Minister Abe a new security posture. This involves, internally, adapting Japan’s constitutional position on defence and, externally, building stronger international relationships in the Asia-Pacific region and more widely. This book presents a comprehensive... Read more



1. Japan’s Evolving Regional Security Policy: The Quest for Strategic Partnerships



2. Japan’s Relations with China



3. The US Pivot to the Asia-Pacific Region and Japan’s Responses



4. India and Japan: the New Strategic Dimension



5. Australia-Japan Security Relations: Bridging the China Gap or a Bridge too Far?



6. Japan’s New Activism in ASEAN: China’s Challenge and the Search for a New Regional Order in East Asia



7. Parameters of the Strategic Alliance between South Korea and Japan



8. The Europe-Japan Strategic Partnership – Values, Promises and Defense

Biography

Gauri Khandekar is Deputy Director and Director Europe at Global Relations Forum, and Researcher at the Institute for European Studies at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel based in Brussels, Belgium





Bart Gaens is a Senior Research Fellow at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Helsinki, Finland.