Japan's Economic Power and Security: Japan and North Korea

ISBN-13: 9780415201834 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 256 str.

Christopher W. Hughes

Opis

The world is faced with a diverse range of security challenges in the post-Cold War era. As globalization continues apace alternative options, other than the military, are needed to counter these challenges and ensure greater peace and stability. This book is concerned with the security policy of Japan and in particular how it can exert its economic strength to alleviate the military tension on the Korean peninsular and surrounding region. It also provides an analysis of trends in Japanese security policy, the strengthening of its role in the region and the changing nature of the alliance with the US. The study investigates, in depth, Japan's reaction to the diplomatic, military and economic security crisis generated by North Korea. Christopher W. Hughes reinterprets views of Korean Peninsular security, Japanese foreign and security policy, and the function of economic power in ensuring peace and stability.

Spis treści

Introduction; Chapter 1 Global and Japanese conceptions of power and security policy in the post-Cold War era; Chapter 2 Theory of economic power and security; Chapter 3 Military and economic conceptions of the North Korean security problem; Chapter 4 Japanese economic power and North Korea; Chapter 5 The Japanese policy-making process and economic versus military security policy; conclusion Conclusion;

O autorze

Christopher W. Hughes is British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation, University of Warwick.