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While US-centred bilateralism and ASEAN-led multilateralism have
largely dominated the post-Cold War regional security architecture
in the Indo-Pacific, increasing doubts about their effectiveness
have resulted in countries turning to alternative forms of
cooperation, such as minilateral arrangements. Compared to
multilateral groupings, minilateral platforms are smaller in size,
as well as more exclusive, flexible and functional. Both China and
the US have contributed to minilateral initiatives in the
Indo-Pacific. In the case of the former, there is the
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism-involving China, Cambodia,
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam-established in 2015. In the
case of the latter, there has been a revival of the Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue in 2017-involving the US, Australia, Japan and
India. This book examines the rise of these arrangements, their
challenges and opportunities, as well as their impact on the extant
regional security architecture, including on the ASEAN-led
multilateral order. A valuable guide for students and policy-makers
looking to understand the nature and development of minilateralism
in the Indo-Pacific region.
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change
in Japanese security policy, as Japan's security identity has
shifted from a peace state, to an international state. In this
book, Bhubhindar Singh argues that from the 1990s onwards, the
Japanese security policymaking elite recognized that its earlier
approach to security policy which was influenced by the peace-state
security identity was no longer appropriate. Rather, as a member of
the international community, Japan had to carve out a responsible
role in regional and international security affairs, which required
greater emphasis on the role of the military in Japan's security
policy. To explore the change in Japan's security identity and its
associated security behaviour, this book contrasts the three areas
that define and shape Japanese security policy: Japan's conception
(or definition) of national security; the country's contribution,
in military terms, to regional and international affairs; and the
changes to the security policy regime responsible for the security
policy formulation. Further, it seeks to challenge the dominant
realist interpretation of Japanese security policy by adopting an
identity-based approach and showing how whilst realist accounts
correctly capture the trajectory of Japanese post-Cold War security
policy, they fail to explain the underlying causes of the change in
Japanese security behaviour in the post-Cold War period. This book
is an important addition to the current literature on Japanese
security policy, and will be of great use to students and scholars
interested in Japanese and Asian politics, as well as security
studies and international relations more broadly.
Since the end of the Cold War, there has been a significant change
in Japanese security policy, as Japan's security identity has
shifted from a peace state, to an international state. In this
book, Bhubhindar Singh argues that from the 1990s onwards, the
Japanese security policymaking elite recognized that its earlier
approach to security policy which was influenced by the peace-state
security identity was no longer appropriate. Rather, as a member of
the international community, Japan had to carve out a responsible
role in regional and international security affairs, which required
greater emphasis on the role of the military in Japan's security
policy. To explore the change in Japan's security identity and its
associated security behaviour, this book contrasts the three areas
that define and shape Japanese security policy: Japan's conception
(or definition) of national security; the country's contribution,
in military terms, to regional and international affairs; and the
changes to the security policy regime responsible for the security
policy formulation. Further, it seeks to challenge the dominant
realist interpretation of Japanese security policy by adopting an
identity-based approach and showing how whilst realist accounts
correctly capture the trajectory of Japanese post-Cold War security
policy, they fail to explain the underlying causes of the change in
Japanese security behaviour in the post-Cold War period. This book
is an important addition to the current literature on Japanese
security policy, and will be of great use to students and scholars
interested in Japanese and Asian politics, as well as security
studies and international relations more broadly.
While US-centred bilateralism and ASEAN-led multilateralism have
largely dominated the post-Cold War regional security architecture
in the Indo-Pacific, increasing doubts about their effectiveness
have resulted in countries turning to alternative forms of
cooperation, such as minilateral arrangements. Compared to
multilateral groupings, minilateral platforms are smaller in size,
as well as more exclusive, flexible and functional. Both China and
the US have contributed to minilateral initiatives in the
Indo-Pacific. In the case of the former, there is the
Lancang-Mekong Cooperation mechanism-involving China, Cambodia,
Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam-established in 2015. In the
case of the latter, there has been a revival of the Quadrilateral
Security Dialogue in 2017-involving the US, Australia, Japan and
India. This book examines the rise of these arrangements, their
challenges and opportunities, as well as their impact on the extant
regional security architecture, including on the ASEAN-led
multilateral order. A valuable guide for students and policy-makers
looking to understand the nature and development of minilateralism
in the Indo-Pacific region.
Systematically analyses the impact of external military crises on
Japanese security policy expansion in the post-Cold War period.
Focuses on the widening of Japan's security posture in external
security affairs and investigates the causes of this critical
change Identifies the external military crisis as a critical
determinant of change in Japanese security policy Unpacks the deep
structures within the Japanese decision-making processes,
especially during and after military crises Examines five key
military crises in detail: the 1990-1 Persian Gulf War; the 1994
North Korean Nuclear Crisis; the 1996 Taiwan Straits Crisis, the
1998 Taepodong Crisis; and 2001 September 11 attacks that led to
the US-led war against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq Draws on
over 70 interviews the author has conducted with officials, former
officials, and academics in universities and think tanks in Japan,
the United States, South Korea and Singapore, including officials
who were directly involved in the crisis decision-making process
This book is a detailed study of the role that external military
crises played in the development and growth of Japanese security
policies in the period following the end of the Cold War. This
evolution can be seen in the widened role of the Self-Defence Force
(SDF) in shaping Japan's security priorities, as well as its
proactive contribution to regional/ international security.
Focusing on four key case studies - international peacekeeping in
1992, regional defence in 1997-99, global missions in 2003-05, and
collective self-defence in 2014-15 - the author argues that the
Japanese security policymaking elite achieved security policy
expansion by utilizing external military crises as policy windows,
inflating and deflating threat elements to circumvent the
constraints and justify the implementation of security policy
initiatives.
Systematically analyses the impact of external military crises on
Japanese security policy expansion in the post-Cold War period.
Focuses on the widening of Japan's security posture in external
security affairs and investigates the causes of this critical
change Identifies the external military crisis as a critical
determinant of change in Japanese security policy Unpacks the deep
structures within the Japanese decision-making processes,
especially during and after military crises Examines five key
military crises in detail: the 1990-1 Persian Gulf War; the 1994
North Korean Nuclear Crisis; the 1996 Taiwan Straits Crisis, the
1998 Taepodong Crisis; and 2001 September 11 attacks that led to
the US-led war against terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq Draws on
over 70 interviews the author has conducted with officials, former
officials, and academics in universities and think tanks in Japan,
the United States, South Korea and Singapore, including officials
who were directly involved in the crisis decision-making process
This book is a detailed study of the role that external military
crises played in the development and growth of Japanese security
policies in the period following the end of the Cold War. This
evolution can be seen in the widened role of the Self-Defence Force
(SDF) in shaping Japan's security priorities, as well as its
proactive contribution to regional/ international security.
Focusing on four key case studies - international peacekeeping in
1992, regional defence in 1997-99, global missions in 2003-05, and
collective self-defence in 2014-15 - the author argues that the
Japanese security policymaking elite achieved security policy
expansion by utilizing external military crises as policy windows,
inflating and deflating threat elements to circumvent the
constraints and justify the implementation of security policy
initiatives.
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