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New Directions in Japan’s Security: Non-U.S. Centric Evolution

The puzzle From centering toward decentering Core research question Structure of the book Notes References I. Non-American directions in defense policy Explaining: decentering and recentering in security strategy Introduction Defining centering and decentering Underlying motivations for decentering Explanations for Japan’s decentering Conclusions Notes References Centered on the fight within: the inwardlooking nature of the Japanese debate on constitutional reinterpretation with a diluted US focus Introduction Article 9 and the use of force before Abe What is CSD for?Pacifism as legalism in the debate on CSD Business as usual?Conclusion Note References Lifting the ban on defense industrial production cooperation with nonUS partners Introduction Japanese grand strategy and the role of arms production and transfers Japan’s indigenous defense production model as form of hedging Japan’s shifting grand strategy and defense production: indigenization through internationalization?Japan’s breaching of the arms export ban: maintaining domestic production base through international collaboration Japan’s new arms transfer partners Japan’s emerging arms transfer strategy: opportunities and limitations Notes References II. Diversifying security partners Japan’s ‘special’ strategic partnership with Australia: ‘decentering’ underwrites ‘recentering’Japan’s ‘new bilateralism’: building strategic partnerships Japan-Australia: ‘a special strategic partnership’Founding the first strategic partnership What makes Japan-Australia partnership so ‘special’?Points of contention for Japan Japan’s decentering/iecentering (and becoming a center itself)?Conclusions Acknowledgements References Japan’s policy toward India since 2000: for the Sake of maintaining US leadership in East Asia Introduction People who have made Japan’s policy toward India since 2000: their political ideologies, beliefs, and motivations Right-wing nationalist LDP leaders Policy elites Empirical analysis: Japan’s policy toward India since 2000 August 2000-summer 2004: the new beginning of Japan-India relations Spring 2005 onward: India as a balancer against China and the onset of Japan’s values diplomacy The mid-2000s onward: Japan’s maritime security cooperation with India as part of the US-led federated defense model Conclusion Notes References Japan’s security partnerships with the Philippines and Vietnam Introduction Towards substantive non-US security bilaterals: Vietnam and the Philippines The ‘strategic partnership’ structure Regular strategic dialogues High-level political interaction Diplomatic support Aid-based maritime capacity’ building Military cooperation The shifting power balance in maritime East Asia and Japan’s rising threat perception Under American auspices Japanese nationalism Constitutional, legal, and paralegal reforms Limitations and constraints Conclusion References III. Japan’s focus on multilateral security cooperation From a decentering and recentering imperative: Japan’s approach to Asian security multilateralism Introduction Japan’s leading role in establishing the ARF (1990-1994): security multilateralism as an outlet for decentering aspirations Japan’s APT and EAS initiatives (1997-2005): the surge of a decentering imperative and a tilt towards East Asian security multilateralism -onwards: Asia-Pacific Security Multilateralism as a means of recentering on the US-Japan alliance Conclusion Notes References Is Japan’s engagement in counterpiracy missions a step towards decentering of its security policy?Introduction Initial international and Japanese reactions Japan’s contribution to the multilateral-force counter-piracy mission Japan’s early contribution to information sharing Japan’s contribution to the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia Japan’s cooperation with the Combined Maritime Forces (CMF)Significance of the Djibouti base Operational cooperation with other forces The counter-piracy experience and changes in Japanese security policy Relevance for Japan’s security partnerships with the EU and NATO Conclusion Notes References Japan’s cooperation with the EU in the nexus of development and security Introduction Historical background Changes on a global level Changes in Japan Changes on the EU-side Cooperation in the nexus of security and development Potential for further future cooperation in the nexus of security and development Notes References Evolution of Japan’s non-US centric security strategy and European influences on Japan’s peacebuilding policy Introduction Development of Japan’s peace-building policy towards international peace cooperation activities The Revision of the PKO Laws and the SDF Laws /11 Attack and the development of international peace cooperation activities The Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the New “Primary Mission”The new policies and legislation for “Proactive Contribution to Peace”European factor? Influences and cooperation Cooperation on a practical level: SDF dispatch and mil-mil exchanges Conclusions Notes References IV. Reflections on Japan’s non-American focused initiatives The continued centrality of the United States to Japan’s security doctrine in an era of expanding security partnerships Introduction The complex legacy of the US-Japan relationship, yet the lack of plausible alternatives The re-embrace of the alliance and push to further deepening under Abe Why diversify beyond the world’s most powerful ally?Incessant US pressure on Japan to play a larger security role Post-Cold War emergence of a multipolar Asia and relative decline of Japan and the US Common US and Japanese strategies of looking for new security partners The US pivot to Asia under Obama and continuity under Trump The Japanese pivot to Asia under Abe Next steps in alliance deepening and broadening: complementing Japan’s new security partnerships Notes References Non-US direction in Japan’s security strategy: a Chinese view Introduction China Alarmed: the causes and objectives of Japan’s Non-US diplomacy Taking a note: the accomplishments of Japan’s non-US direction No over-concern: constraints and the prospects of Japan’s non-US diplomacy Conclusion: Japan-US alliance still the central concern References Conclusion Introduction Overview of findings Synthesis Conclusions Notes References

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