Japans Rise as a Regional and Global Power, 2013-2023

Rozman and Glosserman follow a momentous decade in the transformation of Japanese foreign policy from 2013 to 2023 that unveils Japan in a new light as a leading power more closely aligned with the United States than ever before but with distinct aspirations.

Autorentext

Gilbert Rozman is the Emeritus Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University, USA, and Editor-in-chief of the Asan Forum.

Brad Glosserman is Deputy Director of and Visiting Professor at the Center for Rule-making Strategies, Tama University, and Senior Adviser at Pacific Forum, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Inhalt

1. Introduction Part 1: Chronology 2. Launching the Big Shift in Japanese Strategic Thinking toward the Indo-Pacific, 2013-2016 3. Advancing Japanese Strategic Thinking toward the Indo-Pacific, 2017-2019 4. Realizing Japan's Fulsome Embrace of Bipolarity, 2020-2022 Part 2: Regionalism 5. Tracking the Swings in a 'Virtual Alliance': Japan's Policy toward the Korean Peninsula over a Decade 6. Southeast Asia Tests the Allure of Japan's Global Vision 7. Tracking the Pathway to a 'Quasi-Alliance': Japan's Policy toward Australia, 2013-2022 Part 3: Beyond Regionalism 8. Japan and Europe: A Marriage of Convenience Matures 9. Japan's Economic Turn to Europe 10. The Impact of the Ukraine War: Japan's Thinking on Russia, China, and India in 2023