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Japan as a global military power : new capabilities, alliance integration, bilateralism-plus /

"Japan is emerging as a more prominent global and regional military power, defying traditional categorisations of a minimalist contribution to the US-Japan alliance, maintaining anti-militarism, seeking an internationalist role, or carving out more strategic autonomy. Instead, this Element argu...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hughes, Christopher W. (Author)
Corporate Author: Cambridge University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2022]
Series:Elements in politics and society in East Asia
Subjects:
National security > Japan.
Security, International.
Japan > Military policy.
Japan > Strategic aspects.
Military policy
National security
Security, International
Strategic aspects of individual places
Japan
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:"Japan is emerging as a more prominent global and regional military power, defying traditional categorisations of a minimalist contribution to the US-Japan alliance, maintaining anti-militarism, seeking an internationalist role, or carving out more strategic autonomy. Instead, this Element argues that Japan has fundamentally shifted its military posture over the last three decades and traversed into a new categorisation of a more capable military power and integrated US ally. This results from Japan's recognition of its fundamentally changing strategic environment that requires a new grand strategy and military doctrines. The shift is traced across the national security strategy components of Japan Self-Defence Forces' capabilities, US-Japan alliance integration, and international security cooperation. The Element argues that all these components are subordinated inevitably to the objectives of homeland security and re-strengthening the US-Japan alliance, and thus Japan's development as international security partner outside the ambit of the bilateral alliance remains stunted. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core"--
Item Description:Place of publication from publisher's website.
Physical Description:1 online resource (unpaged) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781108975025
110897502X
DOI:10.1017/9781108975025