Hegemony and the Us‒japan Alliance

ISBN-13: 9781138303478 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 184 str.

Misato Matsuoka

Opis

A pioneering study conducted through the lens of neo-Gramscianism, this book unravels the intricate political dynamism involved in the US-Japan alliance. It provides an innovative attempt to link the concept of alliances to hegemony and thus examines Japan’s relationship to US dominance in the region.

Spis treści

1. Introduction

2. Historical Trajectory of the US‒Japan Alliance (1951–1991) and Development of the US-Led Historic Bloc

3. Force Interoperability and the Military‒-Industrial Relationship in the US‒Japan Alliance

4. The US‒Japan Alliance and Regionalism in the Asia-Pacific

5. The US‒Japan Alliance as 'Common Sense'

6. Breaking Away from the Postwar Regime?

O autorze

Misato Matsuoka is Assistant Professor at Teikyo University, Japan. Her research interests include International Relations theories, security studies, Japanese foreign policymaking and regionalism in the Asia-Pacific.