How proactive? How pacifist? Charting Japan’s evolving defence posture
- 주제(키워드) Asian regional security , defence policy , Japanese politics , military doctrine and capabilities , nationalism , US–Japan alliance
- 등재 SSCI, SCOPUS
- 발행기관 Routledge
- 발행년도 2016
- 총서유형 Journal
- URI http://www.dcollection.net/handler/ewha/000000131979
- 본문언어 영어
- Published As http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10357718.2016.1181148
- 저작권 이화여자대학교 논문은 저작권에 의해 보호받습니다.
초록/요약
After 60 years maintaining Self-Defense Forces rather than a normal military, Japan is moving towards exercising collective self-defence, long restricted by interpretations of its 1945 Peace Constitution. The merits of Prime Minister Abe Shinzo’s ‘proactive pacifism’ are intensely debated by those welcoming greater international contributions from Japan and others suspicious of Japanese ‘remilitarisation’. A nation’s defence posture can theoretically be hijacked by aggressive nationalists, shift to pacifist isolationism, or rely on non-military internationalism or multilateral security cooperation. This article assesses competing explanations about the post-war trajectory of Japan’s defence posture by charting variation in military doctrine and capabilities. The analysis finds that Tokyo has made incremental policy adjustments under domestic and international constraints, and is not aggressively remilitarising. © 2016 Australian Institute of International Affairs
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