1st Edition
Resolving the Russo-Japanese Territorial Dispute Hokkaido-Sakhalin Relations
By Brad Williams
Copyright 2007
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
240 Pages
by
Routledge
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The unresolved territorial dispute between Japan and Russia over the South Kuril Islands/Northern Territories remains the largest obstacle to concluding a peace treaty and fully normalising bilateral relations between the two nations. This book traces the evolution of transnational relations between subnational public authorities in Hokkaido and Sakhalin, examining the interrelationship between... Read more
Introduction 1. Tokyo, Moscow and the Disputed Islands 2. Determinants of Russian and Japanese Subnational Diplomacy and the Rise of the 'Sakhalin Factor' 3. Hokkaido-Sakhalin Transnational Relations 4. The Sakhalin Political Élite and the South Kuril Islands 5. Sakhalin Public Opinion and the South Kuril Islands 6. Sakhalin’s Commercial Environment and Local Trade. Conclusion. Postscript: Putin and the 'Sakhalin Factor'
Biography
Brad Williams is a visiting fellow in the Department of Political Science, National University of Singapore. He is the co-editor of Japan, Australia and Asia-Pacific Security (Routledge, 2006).
"Moscow and Tokyo have yet to sign a peace treaty ending the brief war between them, and the bilateral relationship remainds strained and crimped economically and emotionally. In an outsanding work of scholarship, Brad WIlliams has explored that conflict. He does so from an interesting and increasingly important dimension of global politics: subnational relations. He reveals the impact of diplomatic efforts by the Hokkaido and Sakhalin governments and interest groups on the policies of Tokyo and Moscow toward the dispute." - William Nester, St. John's University
