1st Edition
Japan's Security Identity From a Peace-State to an International-State
By Bhubhindar Singh
Copyright 2013
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change in Japanese security policy, as Japan’s security identity has shifted from a peace state, to an international state. In this book, Bhubhindar Singh argues that from the 1990s onwards, the Japanese security policymaking elite recognized that its earlier approach to security policy which was influenced by the peace-state security... Read more
1. Introduction 2. Realism, Mercantilism and Constructivism 3. Security Identity and Japan’s Security Policy 4. Territorial Conception of National Security 5. Regional and International (Global) Security 6. Security Policymaking Regime 7. Conclusion
Biography
Bhubhindar Singh is Assistant Professor with the Multilateralism and Regionalism Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
"Bhubhindar Singh’s Japan’s Security Identity: From a Peace-State to an International-State (2013) makes an important contribution to the literature concerning contemporary Japanese security politics." - Akihiro Ogawa, Stockholm University, East Asia Intergration Studies
