Japanese-Soviet/Russian Relations since 1945: A Difficult Peace

ISBN-13: 9780415194990 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 296 str.

Kimie Hara

Opis

More than 50 years on from the end of World War II, relations between Japan and Russia have yet to be normalized. The so called Northern Territories dispute has proved to be a major stumbling block in preventing the two countries from formally signing a peace treaty to end the war. In this volume Kimie Hara reviews the territorial dispute and the problems of political rapproachement in terms of foreign policy decision-making between the two countries. She uses four bilateral summits as case studies to explore patterns, changes and tendencies in the decision-making process. They lead her to conclude that much of the Cold War system of relations between the two states still remains in place at the end of the 20th-century.

Spis treści

Introduction PART I Genesis of the ‘Northern Territories’ problem and post-war Japanese-Soviet relations 1 The key issue: the background to the ‘Northern Territories’ problem 2 Hatoyama’s visit to Moscow, 1956 PART II Efforts for a peace treaty: summit meetings after diplomatic Restoration 3 Tanaka’s visit to Moscow, 1973 4 Gorbachev’s visit to Tokyo, 1991 5 Yeltsin’s visit to Tokyo, 1993 Conclusion

O autorze

Kimie Hara