Provides academic and policy information on the 'Abe Doctrine'
Explores the international trajectory of Japan's foreign and security policies in the next three to five years
Demonstrates how the policy components of the 'Abe Doctrine' will be Japan's new grand strategy

Provides academic and policy information on the 'Abe Doctrine' Explores the international trajectory of Japan's foreign and security policies in the next three to five years Demonstrates how the policy components of the 'Abe Doctrine' will be Japan's new grand strategy

Autorentext

Daisuke Akimoto is former Assistant Professor at the Soka University Peace Research Institute and the author of Japan as a Global Pacifist State (2013). He holds PhD in Asian Studies and International Relations from the University of Western Sydney, MA in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Sydney, and BA in Humanities from Soka University, Japan. He has worked as a secretary in the House of Representatives, Japan.

Klappentext

Provides academic and policy information on the 'Abe Doctrine' Explores the international trajectory of Japan's foreign and security policies in the next three to five years Demonstrates how the policy components of the 'Abe Doctrine' will be Japan's new grand strategy

Zusammenfassung
Provides academic and policy information on the 'Abe Doctrine'
Explores the international trajectory of Japan's foreign and security policies in the next three to five years
Demonstrates how the policy components of the 'Abe Doctrine' will be Japan's new grand strategy

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and 'Proactive Contribution to Peace'.- 3. The 15 Cases: Simulations for the Peace and Security Legislation.- 4. The Abe Government and the Right to Collective Self-Defense.- 5. The Domestic Implication: Japan's Ballistic Missile Defense Policy.- 6. The Bilateral Implication: The Development of the Japan-US Alliance.- 7. The Global Implication: Japan's Peace Operations in South Sudan.- 8. The Abe Doctrine: Emergence of Japan's New Grand Strategy.- 9. Conclusion.