The U.S.-Japan security alliance : why it matters and how to strengthen it / / Ted Osius ; foreword by Watanabe Akio

• Autore: Osius Ted
• Pubblicazione: Westport, Conn. : , : Praeger, , 2002; London : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2024
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (123 p.)
• Disciplina: 355/.031/09730952
• Soggetto geografico: Japan Military relations United States; United States Military relations Japan; Japan Military policy; United States Military policy; United States Foreign relations Japan; Japan Foreign relations United States; Japan History Heisei period, 1989-; United States History 1993-
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 93-98) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- THE U.S.-JAPAN SECURITY ALLIANCE -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Notes -- 1 Defense of Japan -- The Burdens of History -- Contemporary Examples -- U.S. and Japanese Interests -- Options for the Future -- Notes -- 2 The Korean Peninsula -- U.S. Interests -- Japanese Interests -- The Current Situation on the Peninsula -- Options for the Future -- A New Deal? -- The China Factor -- Notes -- 3 Taiwan -- U.S. and Japanese Interests -- Fear of Entrapment -- The Cross-Strait Situation -- Options for the Future -- Notes -- 4 China -- A Triangular Relationship -- U.S. Interests -- Japanese Interests -- Options for the Future -- Human Rights -- Energy and the Environment -- Notes -- 5 The East Asian Region -- U.S. and Japanese Interests in Russia -- U.S. and Japanese Interests in Southeast Asia -- Options for the Future -- Security Communities -- Humanitarian Activities -- U.S. Overstretch -- Notes -- 6 The Problem of Okinawa: A Shared Challenge -- Background -- The Burden -- Reducing the Impact -- Options for the Future -- Economic Development -- Discussing Why the Bases Matter -- Notes -- 7 Japanese and U.S. Challenges and Opportunities -- Japan's Dilemma -- Peacekeeping -- The Role of Japan's Self-Defense Forces -- America's Challenge -- America's Opportunity -- Notes -- 8 Opportunities for a Strengthened Alliance -- Strategic Dialogue -- A New Strategic Framework -- Theater Missile Defense -- China's Opposition -- Transnational and Multinational Cooperation -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Interviews by the Author -- Tokyo -- Yokota Air Base -- Okinawa -- Taipei -- Seoul -- Singapore -- Conferences, Symposia, Seminars, Lectures, and Meetings -- Study Groups and Presentations -- Index -- About the Author.
• Sommario/riassunto: For more than three decades, the multifaceted alliance between the United States and Japan has contributed significantly to the security of Japan and the maintenance of peace and security in the Far East. With the end of the Cold War, new sources of potential threats have arisen at a time when Japan's national self-confidence has been shaken by nearly a decade of economic stagnation, a highly fluid political situation, and an inadequate institutional structure for crisis management and strategy formulation. Osius examines how Japan is trying to redefine its identity from a nation whose constitution renounces war as a sovereign right to a normal country involved in United Nations peacekeeping operations and regional military relationships. In his initial chapters, Osius focuses on the purpose of the security alliance and argues that U.S.-Japanese interests coincide enough not only to sustain the alliance, but also to warrant strengthening and promoting it. He then examines the challenges and opportunities for an enhanced alliance over the next decade. Together, he maintains, the United States and Japan can address broadly defined security concerns, such as energy supply, weapons of mass destruction proliferation, transborder crime, piracy, and illegal narcotics, as well as environmental issues, infectious disease, economic development, and humanitarian and disaster relief. However, if it is to thrive, the U.S.-Japan alliance must remain dynamic rather than static and must be nurtured, sustained, and enhanced by both parties. An important analysis for policy makers, scholars, and students of U.S.-Japanese political and military relations and Asian Studies in general.
• Titolo autorizzato: The U.S.-Japan security alliance
• ISBN: 9798216028765; 9780313013300; 0313013306
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910973512103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Washington papers ; ; 181.