Security Policy Options for Japan in Three Time Frameworks
- Авторлар: Toyoda T.1, Vaseneva E.2, Takahama R.1
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Мекемелер:
- Akita International University
- National Research University - Higher School of Economics
- Шығарылым: Том 14, № 4 (2022): Political History, Culture and Religion of Asia
- Беттер: 410-426
- Бөлім: Modern World
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2312-8127/article/view/317171
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.22363/2312-8127-2022-14-4-410-426
- ID: 317171
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Аннотация
This paper examines security policy options for Japan at the present stage that may be worth considering in the short term, the midterm, and the long term, respectively. Hence, the aim of the paper is to examine foreign policy security options for Japan in the foreseeable future. While providing a comprehensive overview of the Japanese foreign and security policy at the present stage, the article employs the case study methodological framework to analyze Japan’s foreign policy objectives in case of Tokyo’s relations with the most critical partners in the Asia-Pacific Region - namely, the United States, China, Russia, ASEAN, and Taiwan. Examining the origin and further development of the QUAD, the authors highlight the absence of ASEAN members and India’s hesitation to institutionalize the grouping, while analyzing the Russia-Japan relations they focus on common interests in security cooperation, as well on its limitations. As a result, in the short term, the expansion of the Japan-US alliance to the Indo-Pacific region is the most plausible option. However, without involving the ASEAN countries, the Free and Open IndoPacific (FOIP) strategy can only add Australia and India to the existing Japan-US alliance. In the midterm, an alliance with Russia may be, with some serious limitations, geographically a natural option. In the long term, Japan might need to find a proper place in a China-centered order in East Asia. Therefore, the authors conclude that the relative decline of US influence in East Asia is unavoidable in the coming decades, Japan must adjust or even reconsider its security policy.
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Авторлар туралы
Tetsuya Toyoda
Akita International University
Email: toyoda@aiu.ac.jp
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-6309-3679
Director of the Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Cooperation
Yuwa, Akita-City 010-1292 JapanEkaterina Vaseneva
National Research University - Higher School of Economics
Хат алмасуға жауапты Автор.
Email: eavasenyova@edu.hse.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7693-0736
Bachelor of Arts in Asia Studies, National Research University - Higher School of Economics HSE. Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies
17 Malaya Ordynka St, 119017, Moscow, RussiaRyo Takahama
Akita International University
Email: b1801487@gl.aiu.ac.jp
Student Yuwa, Akita-City 010-1292 Japan
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