Japan’s World Power: Assessment, Outlook and Vision

ISBN-13: 9781138293656 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 218 str.

France) Guibourg Delamotte (INALCO

Opis

This book addresses the following questions. What is the nature of Japan's power today and how does it exercise its influence on the world stage? Does Japan have a grand design to preserve or increase its influence for the future? In it, the most renowned international relations experts from Japan present their assessment of Japan's power and weaknesses. Through their visions, the book provides a unique outlook of Japan's position in world politics.　

Spis treści

Introduction: powerful or powerless? The puzzle of Japanese power Guibourg Delamotte PART I Japan’s power strategy on the international scene 1.  The power of Japan and its 'Grand Strategy', Kanehara Nobukatsu  2. Contemporary Japan’s power within international financial organisations, Yago Kazuhiko 3. Exercising power within an international organisation: Japan’s diplomacy toward the United Nations reform in the 1990s and 2000s, Akiyama Nobumasa PART II The challenges Japan faces 4.  'Proactive contribution to peace' in context: the long path to normalisation, Kitaoka Shin.ichi  5. The U.S.–Japan Alliance: enhancer or brake on Japan’s power?", Kamiya Matake  6.  Japan’s economic strength and weaknesses, Tadokoro Masayuki  PART III Internal politics as a source of weakness 7.  How History impacts Japan’s image and interests, and what to do about it, Yamamoto Yoshinobu 8.  From weak prime minister to proactive prime minister: domestic political conditions and their transformations, Nonaka Naoto  9. Politics should end at the water’s edge: for a national security policy beyond party lines, Nagashima Akihisa, MP and Sasaki Kenji

O autorze

Guibourg Delamotte is Associate Professor of Political Science at the French Institute of Oriental Studies (INALCO), France.