Reluctant Realism: Japanese Foreign Policy in an Era of Uncertain Power - Hardcover

Green, Michael J.

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9780312238940: Reluctant Realism: Japanese Foreign Policy in an Era of Uncertain Power

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ISBN 10: 0312238940 ISBN 13: 9780312238940

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2001

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This is an examination of the adjustments of Japanese foreign policy in the decade since the end of the Cold War. Michael J. Green presents case studies of China, the Korean peninsula, Russia and Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the international financial institutions, and multilateral forums (the United Nations, APEC, and the ARF). In each of these studies, Green considers Japanese objectives: the effectiveness of Japanese diplomacy in achieving those objectives; the domestic and exogenous pressures on policy making; the degree of convergence or divergence with the United States in both strategy and implementation; and lessons for more effective US-Japan diplomatic co-operation in the future. As Green notes, its bilateral relationship with the United States is at the heart of Japan's foreign policy initiatives, and Japan therefore conducts foreign policy with one eye carefully on Washington. However, Green argues, it is time to recognize Japan as an independent actor in Northeast Asia, and to assess Japanese foreign policy in its own terms.

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" With "Japan' s Reluctant Realism," Michael Green has artfully captured the essence of Japanese thinking about the world since the end of the Cold War. Green demonstrates how the uncertainties of the Japanese economy and the angst of a more fluid strategic environment in Northeast Asia have unleashed a new assertiveness in Japanese foreign policy. More than any other book on the subject, Japan' s Reluctant Realism explains why the United States must approach Japan as a strategic player in East Asia if we are to continue building a true strategic partnership with Japan in the future." -- Walter F. Mondale " No single alliance is more important than that with Japan. Can it last in the face of change in Japan and Asia? Michael Green' s positive answer rests on a thorough and sensitive analysis. This is a fine book!" -- Joseph S. Nye, Dean, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

About the Author:

MICHAEL J. GREEN is Senior Fellow for Asian Security Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. At the Council he is currently running research projects on U.S. - Japan relations, the diplomacy of the Korean peninsula, and the impact of technological change on U.S. military strategy in East Asia. He also teaches at the Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies and consults for the Office of the Secretary of Defense.

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