LEADER 03915nam 22006615 450 001 9910874659703321 005 20240717125228.0 010 $a3-031-60579-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-031-60579-6 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31534305 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31534305 035 $a(CKB)33030841800041 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-031-60579-6 035 $a(EXLCZ)9933030841800041 100 $a20240717d2024 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aJapan?s Defense Engagement in the Indo-Pacific $eDeterrence, Strategic Partnership, and Stable Order Building /$fby Nanae Baldauff 205 $a1st ed. 2024. 210 1$aCham :$cSpringer Nature Switzerland :$cImprint: Springer,$d2024. 215 $a1 online resource (217 pages) 225 1 $aUnited Nations University Series on Regionalism,$x2214-9856 ;$v28 311 $a3-031-60578-0 327 $aIntroduction -- A Framework for the Study of Defense Engagement -- The Evolution of Japan?s Postwar Defense Policy -- Japan and Australia: From a Distant Country to a Quasi-ally -- Japan and India: Growing Partnership in the Shadow of a Rising China -- Japan and the Southeast Asian Region: Building Habits of Cooperation -- Japan and Europe: Indivisibility of Security -- Conclusion. 330 $aThis original book systematically examines Japan?s defense engagement with its strategic partners since the end of the Cold War based on Japan?s national security strategy. The author maps three defense engagement activities: military exercises, capacity building, and defense equipment transfer and technology cooperation ? and subsequently evaluates these against the three national security objectives: deterrence, cooperative security, and the Free and Open Indo-Pacific vision. The book asks two important research questions: why is Japan active in defense engagement with the armed forces of its strategic partners? And, what purposes do Japan?s self-defense forces pursue? Through the ten carefully selected cases of strategic partners: Australia, India, Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines, ASEAN, the UK, France, NATO, and the EU, the book follows a structured, cross-case comparison based on the analytical framework developed for the research. It also discusses the evolution of Japan?s postwar defense policy, providing a solid background for the case studies. The book overall argues that, while the Japan-US alliance is still the most indispensable, Japan?s strategic partnerships are a valuable instrument of deterrence that contributes to Japan?s national security objectives. In order to more effectively pursue these objectives and thus secure the national interest, Japan must pursue a purpose-driven defense engagement. 410 0$aUnited Nations University Series on Regionalism,$x2214-9856 ;$v28 606 $aPolitical sociology 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aRegionalism 606 $aAsia$xPolitics and government 606 $aJapan$xHistory 606 $aPolitical Sociology 606 $aInternational Security Studies 606 $aRegionalism 606 $aAsian Politics 606 $aHistory of Japan 615 0$aPolitical sociology. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 0$aRegionalism. 615 0$aAsia$xPolitics and government. 615 0$aJapan$xHistory. 615 14$aPolitical Sociology. 615 24$aInternational Security Studies. 615 24$aRegionalism. 615 24$aAsian Politics. 615 24$aHistory of Japan. 676 $a306.2 700 $aBaldauff$b Nanae$01749705 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910874659703321 996 $aJapan's Defense Engagement in the Indo-Pacific$94183978 997 $aUNINA