This article poses the question of why, after having consistently pursued an isolationist strategy of avoiding security ties with partners other than the US, and having followed the US in opposing regional security ...

Japans storstrategi overfor Kina i tida etter den kalde krigen Korleis bør austasiatiske statar svare på Kinas framvekst? Offensive realistar argumenterer for at framveksande makter har motiv for å ekspandere, og at ...

During the cold war the United States was overwhelmingly central in Japan's security policy. Japan hosted US bases and the Self-Defense Forces held joint exercises with the US military, even while shunning contacts with ...

This thesis is an investigation of China's territorial disputes, with a focus on how Beijing has behaved in these. With 1989 as its cut-off point the thesis considers unresolved land-border disputes and maritime disputes ...

Based on extensive Japanese-language materials, this book is the first to examine the development of Japan’s Ground Self-Defense Force. It addresses: how the GSDF was able to emerge as the post-war successor of the Imperial ...