The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance: Regional Multilateralism

✍ Scribed by Takashi Inoguchi, G. John Ikenberry and Yoichiro Sato (Editors)

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 323
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The U.S.-Japan security alliance, which initially focused on Japan’s territorial defense and then started to merge with broader U.S. global strategy, now must deal with the rise of Japan’s neighbors. This edited volume puts forth an empirically rigorous analysis of the ongoing transformation of the U.S.-Japan alliance. As the Obama administration shifts U.S. foreign policy into a multilateral mode, Japan’s neighbors today are more likely to voice their issues concerning the U.S.-Japan alliance. Rigorous analysis of third-party perspectives of the U.S.-Japan alliance are key to helping us understand what external challenges lie ahead in terms of managing this crucial partnership.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Halftitle......Page 2
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
List of Figures and Tables......Page 8
1. Alliance Constrained: Japan, the United States, and Regional Security......Page 10
2. Costs and Benefits of the U.S.-Japan Alliance from the Japanese Perspective......Page 22
3. Refining the U.S.-Japan Strategic Bargain......Page 40
4. The Merits of Alliance: A Japanese Perspective—Logic Underpins Japan’s Global and Regional Security Role......Page 62
5. Global Costs and Benefits of the U.S.-Japan Alliance: An American View......Page 84
6. Korea and the Japan-U.S. Alliance: A Japanese Perspective......Page 100
7. Korea and the U.S.-Japan Alliance: An American Perspective......Page 128
8. Liberal Deterrence of China: Challenges in Achieving Japan’s China Policy......Page 146
9. The Security Dilemma in Asian Architecture: United States, Japan, and China......Page 166
10. How Russia Matters in Japan-U.S. Alliance......Page 186
11. The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Russia......Page 204
12. Evolution of the Australia-Japan Security Partnership:Toward a Softer Triangle Alliance with the United States?......Page 226
13. The United States, Japan, and Australia: Security Linkages to Southeast Asia......Page 242
14. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization:New Chances for the Japan-U.S. Alliance?......Page 262
15. Conclusion: Active SDF, Coming End of Regional Ambiguity, and Comprehensive Political Alliance......Page 280
List of Contributors......Page 300
Bibliography......Page 302
Index......Page 320