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Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with
open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also
U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and
geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a
wedge between them. Drawing on decades of expertise, Brad
Glosserman and Scott A. Snyder investigate the roots of this split
and its ongoing threat to the region and the world. Glosserman and
Snyder isolate competing notions of national identity as the main
obstacle to a productive partnership between Japan and South Korea.
Through public opinion data, interviews, and years of observation,
they show how fundamentally incompatible, rapidly changing
conceptions of national identity in Japan and South Korea-and not
struggles over power or structural issues-have complicated
territorial claims and international policy. Despite changes in the
governments of both countries and concerted efforts by leading
political figures to encourage U.S.-ROK-Japan security cooperation,
the Japan-South Korea relationship continues to be hobbled by
history and its deep imprint on ideas of national identity. This
book recommends bold, policy-oriented prescriptions for overcoming
problems in Japan-South Korea relations and facilitating trilateral
cooperation among these three Northeast Asian allies, recognizing
the power of the public on issues of foreign policy, international
relations, and the prospects for peace in Asia.
The post-Cold War era has been difficult for Japan. A country once
heralded for evolving a superior form of capitalism and seemingly
ready to surpass the United States as the world's largest economy
lost its way in the early 1990s. The bursting of the bubble in 1991
ushered in a period of political and economic uncertainty that has
lasted for over two decades. There were hopes that the triple
catastrophe of March 11, 2011-a massive earthquake, tsunami, and
accident at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant-would break
Japan out of its torpor and spur the country to embrace change that
would restart the growth and optimism of the go-go years. But
several years later, Japan is still waiting for needed
transformation, and Brad Glosserman concludes that the fact that
even disaster has not spurred radical enough reform reveals
something about Japan's political system and Japanese society.
Glosserman explains why Japan has not and will not change,
concluding that Japanese horizons are shrinking and that the
Japanese public has given up the bold ambitions of previous
generations and its current leadership. This is a critical insight
into contemporary Japan and one that should shape our thinking
about this vital country.
Japan and South Korea are Western-style democracies with
open-market economies committed to the rule of law. They are also
U.S. allies. Yet despite their shared interests, shared values, and
geographic proximity, divergent national identities have driven a
wedge between them. Drawing on decades of expertise, Brad
Glosserman and Scott A. Snyder investigate the roots of this split
and its ongoing threat to the region and the world. Glosserman and
Snyder isolate competing notions of national identity as the main
obstacle to a productive partnership between Japan and South Korea.
Through public opinion data, interviews, and years of observation,
they show how fundamentally incompatible, rapidly changing
conceptions of national identity in Japan and South Korea-and not
struggles over power or structural issues-have complicated
territorial claims and international policy. Despite changes in the
governments of both countries and concerted efforts by leading
political figures to encourage U.S.-ROK-Japan security cooperation,
the Japan-South Korea relationship continues to be hobbled by
history and its deep imprint on ideas of national identity. This
book recommends bold, policy-oriented prescriptions for overcoming
problems in Japan-South Korea relations and facilitating trilateral
cooperation among these three Northeast Asian allies, recognizing
the power of the public on issues of foreign policy, international
relations, and the prospects for peace in Asia.
This new textbook gathers an international roster of top security
studies scholars to provide an overview of Asia-Pacific's
international relations and pressing contemporary security issues.
It is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and masters
students' use in international relations and security studies
courses. Merging a strong theoretical component with rich
contemporary and historical empirical examples, Asia-Pacific
Security examines the region's key players and challenges as well
as a spectrum of proposed solutions for improving regional
stability. Major topics include in-depth looks at the United
States' relationship with China; Security concerns presented by
small and microstates, the region's largest group of nations;
threats posed by terrorism and insurgency; the region's
accelerating arms race and the potential for an Asian war; the
possible roles of multilateralism, security communities, and human
security as part of solutions to regional problems.
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