Browsing Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap by Journals "The Pacific Review"

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Decentering from the US in regional security multilateralism: Japan's 1991 pivot

Midford, Paul (Journal article, 2017)

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 ...
New directions in Japan's security: non-US centric evolution, introduction to a special issue

Midford, Paul (Journal article, 2018)

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 ...