Purnendra Jain
Biographic Data
| ID | 3786912 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Purnendra Jain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Purnendra |
| FAMILY NAME | Jain |
| SIGNATURE | JAIN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Adelaide |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0085-2062 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 43 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 38 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 5 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1989 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Proactive Pacifism and Beyond
In 2013, Japan introduced a new normative concept, the ‘proactive contribution to peace’, in its National Security Strategy (NSS) to distinguish this approach from its traditionally passive pacifist policy. Since then, the term has defined Japan’s engagement with nations across the Indo-Pacific and the broader international community. Adopted under Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2012–2020), this policy was further expanded under Fumio Kishida (2021–2…
Hesitant Realism
The deadly conflict on the Ladakh border in June 2020 will force India to re-evaluate its approach to foreign policy. This dangerous turn, despite decades of mutual restraint, border talks, agreements and recent bonhomie between the Indian and Chinese leaders, has intensified the strategically tense environment of the Indo-Pacific region. China’s assertiveness in the South China and East China seas and its technology and trade tensions with a num…
Japan’s development assistance to India
This article argues that Japan’s Official Development Assistance (ODA) to India, spanning 60 years, has been driven primarily by strategic considerations. The article explores two periods – the early 1950s and the 2010s – when Japan’s interest in aiding development projects in India was particularly strong. Early in the post-war period, India was seen to provide an entry point for Japan’s development of relations with other Asian nations, while l…
Japan's Foreign Policy in the Twenty-First Century
This edited collection analyzes the innovative changes in Japan’s foreign policy. Pursuing new relationships with South Asia, Africa, and Eastern Europe, Japanese initiatives include regional peace-building and human security activities, Asian multilateralism, and the Indo-Pacific concept. This collection focuses on these evolving international relationships through Japan’s unique approach to political change and continuity.
Elections in Indo-Pacific
This special issue presents analyses of the elections in India, Japan, Thailand, the Philippines and Australia, each written by a specialist with extensive experience of domestic politics and elections in their country of study. These articles offer detail and rich analysis of the elections in the five Indo- Pacific countries, all held in 2019. The analyses presented in this issue reveal some clear trends emerging from these elections. First, the…
Japan’s 2019 upper house election
Japan’s upper house, the House of Councillors, is a less powerful body than the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet. Yet, electoral results of the upper house can have a significant impact on the government of the day, both for legislative purposes and for judging the credibility of the ruling party and its leader. This article analyses the July 2019 election and its likely impact on the Abe administration, and implicat…
Changing Security Policies in Postwar Japan
This is a political biography of a post-war Japanese politician, long-serving parliamentarian and minister, Sakata Michita (1916–2004), about whom very little is known or has been published, at lea
India's Subnational Governments Foray into the International Arena
Subnational diplomacy has come to life in India. Although still nowhere near in the same league as their counterparts in North America, Europe, parts of Asia, and even other developing countries, subnational governments (SNGs) in India are increasingly engaged abroad through involvement in regional and global affairs, questioning the central government on international matters, seeking foreign direct investment, organizing trade fairs and investm…
Japanese Politics Today
Between centrality and anxiety
China’s centrality to Australia’s economy, migration, tourism, and student population is obvious today and likely to continue. And yet there appears to be anxiety among some in Australia about China’s ‘rise’, especially its growing military power, seemingly aggressive behaviour in disputed maritime space, global economic influence, and apparent quest for global leadership. This article analyses the two parallel realities (centrality and anxiety) …
Japan's foreign aid
Domestic and international contests explain the transformation of Japan's foreign aid programme begun in the early 1950s. Through contests between domestic players, Japan has streamlined its aid processes by introducing institutional innovations, accommodating new actors in aid policy and delivery, and responding more sensitively to public opinion and independent advice. At the international level, contests have come from the Development Assistan…
Energy Security in Asia
Japan in decline
Introduction: Japan: Descending Asian Giant? Financial System Reform: Recovery or Retrogression? Political Earthquake in Japan Japan's ODA as Soft Power Japan in Global Governance: War and Peace Japan's Politics of Environment and Climate Change: From NIMBY to Global Networks National Security in Japan's Space Policy Japan's Regional Engagement: Network Diplomacy Can Japan Engage Northeast Asia? Overcoming Perceptual and Strategic Deficits Japan'…
Kan Naoto
This article offers historical insights into the political philosophy, electoral strategies and commitment to ‘change’ politics of Kan Naoto, who in June 2010 became leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and the nation's new prime minister. The preface introduces an unpublished paper that the author wrote immediately after Kan's first electoral success in 1980, not long after the author's extensive personal interviews with the then budding poli…
Japan–India Relations
Despite the absence of ill-will between Japan and India for most of the period since the end of World War II, bilateral relations have not reached their full potential in any field—political, economic or socio-cultural. This article identifies peaks and troughs across the six decades of post-war relations, first in the early post-war period and again in the mid-1980s. More recently, the nadir following India's nuclear testing in 1998 was followed…
Beyond Cricket
Australia's relationship with India stands in apparent contrast with its relations elsewhere in Asia. Most accounts of Australia's links to India liken them to recurrent bouts of amnesia, arguing that Australia has not put the same efforts into engaging with India that it has into fostering ties with Japan, China and Indonesia and that, like a patient with injury to the hippocampus who has lost the ability to lay down long-term memories, Australi…
Westward Ho! Japan Eyes India Strategically 1
Having maintained a low-key relationship since early postwar, Japan today shows increasing interest in India as a rising economic and regional power. The two nations are now developing ties in many areas consequent with India's ascent, most importantly in politico-strategic matters. This strategic development is intriguing as Tokyo was one of the most critical voices condemning New Delhi's decision to conduct nuclear testing in 1998, when the rel…
Australia’s Attitude Toward Asian Values and Regional Community Building 1
Australia’s engagement with Asian countries has often been problematic. In recent times, both for economic and security purposes, Australia has sought to deepen its relationship with its Asian neighbors, seeking, among other things, a more formal, ongoing role with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The response of Asian countries has not always been welcoming, with some Asian leaders questioning the value, appropriateness, and consequen…
New Roadmap for Japan-India ties
Japan today is showing extraordinary interest in India and nothing reflects this more strongly than Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's visit to New Delhi in August. Moreover, Abe is the third successive Japanese prime minister to make such a visit and, starting this year, India is the only country with which Japan will conduct annual talks at the prime ministerial level.Abe hewed to his foreign visits schedule and made a week-long trip to Indonesia, Ind…
Japan's vision of an East Asian Community
An East Asian Community (EAC) is, for now, an evolving and contested concept. As a grand possibility for beneficial interdependence in and around East Asia, in recent years the concept has inspired
Japan–Australia security ties and the United States
This article considers recent developments in Australia–Japan security and defence ties and their trilateral dimension with the United States. I argue that the security links bilaterally and through their main ally the US have scope for development while the three nations share perceptions of security and strategic matters. However, there are elements of inherent unpredictability that may come into play to hinder the move towards a further streng…
Asia–Pacific and a new international order
This is a summary of key ideas and discussions from an International Symposium held at the University of Adelaide, 27-28 January 2005
Local Political Leadership in Japan
Observers of Japanese politics have generally assumed that because Japan is a unitary state, local government and its political chief executives have very little political and policy autonomy. Yet the assumption that a high degree of centralization in the political structure prevents leadership at the local level is misguided. Three case studies demonstrate that local chief executives from the peripheries are now more than ever demonstrating lead…
The Catch-up State
Japanese Foreign Policy Today
Japan's foreign aid
Domestic and international contests explain the transformation of Japan's foreign aid programme begun in the early 1950s. Through contests between domestic players, Japan has streamlined its aid processes by introducing institutional innovations, accommodating new actors in aid policy and delivery, and responding more sensitively to public opinion and independent advice. At the international level, contests have come from the Development Assistan…
India's Subnational Governments Foray into the International Arena
Subnational diplomacy has come to life in India. Although still nowhere near in the same league as their counterparts in North America, Europe, parts of Asia, and even other developing countries, subnational governments (SNGs) in India are increasingly engaged abroad through involvement in regional and global affairs, questioning the central government on international matters, seeking foreign direct investment, organizing trade fairs and investm…
Japan–Australia security ties and the United States
This article considers recent developments in Australia–Japan security and defence ties and their trilateral dimension with the United States. I argue that the security links bilaterally and through their main ally the US have scope for development while the three nations share perceptions of security and strategic matters. However, there are elements of inherent unpredictability that may come into play to hinder the move towards a further streng…
Japan–India Relations
Despite the absence of ill-will between Japan and India for most of the period since the end of World War II, bilateral relations have not reached their full potential in any field—political, economic or socio-cultural. This article identifies peaks and troughs across the six decades of post-war relations, first in the early post-war period and again in the mid-1980s. More recently, the nadir following India's nuclear testing in 1998 was followed…
Local Political Leadership in Japan
Observers of Japanese politics have generally assumed that because Japan is a unitary state, local government and its political chief executives have very little political and policy autonomy. Yet the assumption that a high degree of centralization in the political structure prevents leadership at the local level is misguided. Three case studies demonstrate that local chief executives from the peripheries are now more than ever demonstrating lead…
Beyond Cricket
Australia's relationship with India stands in apparent contrast with its relations elsewhere in Asia. Most accounts of Australia's links to India liken them to recurrent bouts of amnesia, arguing that Australia has not put the same efforts into engaging with India that it has into fostering ties with Japan, China and Indonesia and that, like a patient with injury to the hippocampus who has lost the ability to lay down long-term memories, Australi…
Green Politics and Citizen Power in Japan
Research Article| June 01 1991 Green Politics and Citizen Power in Japan: The Zushi Movement Purnendra C. Jain Purnendra C. Jain Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1991) 31 (6): 559–575. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645083 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions C…
Japan’s 2019 upper house election
Japan’s upper house, the House of Councillors, is a less powerful body than the House of Representatives, the lower house of the national Diet. Yet, electoral results of the upper house can have a significant impact on the government of the day, both for legislative purposes and for judging the credibility of the ruling party and its leader. This article analyses the July 2019 election and its likely impact on the Abe administration, and implicat…
Between centrality and anxiety
China’s centrality to Australia’s economy, migration, tourism, and student population is obvious today and likely to continue. And yet there appears to be anxiety among some in Australia about China’s ‘rise’, especially its growing military power, seemingly aggressive behaviour in disputed maritime space, global economic influence, and apparent quest for global leadership. This article analyses the two parallel realities (centrality and anxiety) …
Kan Naoto
This article offers historical insights into the political philosophy, electoral strategies and commitment to ‘change’ politics of Kan Naoto, who in June 2010 became leader of the Democratic Party of Japan and the nation's new prime minister. The preface introduces an unpublished paper that the author wrote immediately after Kan's first electoral success in 1980, not long after the author's extensive personal interviews with the then budding poli…
Australia’s Attitude Toward Asian Values and Regional Community Building 1
Australia’s engagement with Asian countries has often been problematic. In recent times, both for economic and security purposes, Australia has sought to deepen its relationship with its Asian neighbors, seeking, among other things, a more formal, ongoing role with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The response of Asian countries has not always been welcoming, with some Asian leaders questioning the value, appropriateness, and consequen…
Japan's vision of an East Asian Community
An East Asian Community (EAC) is, for now, an evolving and contested concept. As a grand possibility for beneficial interdependence in and around East Asia, in recent years the concept has inspired
The Catch-up State
Japan's Relations with South Asia
Research Article| April 01 1997 Japan's Relations with South Asia Purnendra C. Jain Purnendra C. Jain Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1997) 37 (4): 340–352. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645652 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Purnendr…
Is the ‘mountain’ back in its place? Interpreting Japan's house of councillors election of 1992
Subsidiary, supporter or challenger? Local‐national relations in Japan
The 1991 Tokyo gubernatorial election and its implications for national politics
(1991). The 1991 Tokyo gubernatorial election and its implications for national politics. Japan Forum: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 275-286
Yen, sex and power
Interpreting Recent Japanese Elections
Political reform of the politics of crisis management
(1990). Political reform of the politics of crisis management? Japanese Studies: Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 68-72
Green Politics and Citizen Power in Japan
Research Article| June 01 1991 Green Politics and Citizen Power in Japan: The Zushi Movement Purnendra C. Jain Purnendra C. Jain Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1991) 31 (6): 559–575. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645083 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions C…
The 1991 Tokyo gubernatorial election and its implications for national politics
(1991). The 1991 Tokyo gubernatorial election and its implications for national politics. Japan Forum: Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 275-286
Japan's Urban Governments, their International Activities and Australia-Japan Relations
(1992). Japan's Urban Governments, their International Activities and Australia-Japan Relations: An Exploratory Essay. Policy, Organisation and Society: Vol. 4, Special Japan Issue, pp. 33-44
Griffith University
Is the ‘mountain’ back in its place? Interpreting Japan's house of councillors election of 1992
A New Political Era in Japan
Subsidiary, supporter or challenger? Local‐national relations in Japan
The Historic Change of the Guard in Japan
(1994). The Historic Change of the Guard in Japan. Policy, Organisation and Society: Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 3-9
Chijishoku o meguru kanryo to seijika
Japanese Politics Today
Japan's Relations with South Asia
Research Article| April 01 1997 Japan's Relations with South Asia Purnendra C. Jain Purnendra C. Jain Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Asian Survey (1997) 37 (4): 340–352. https://doi.org/10.2307/2645652 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Twitter LinkedIn Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Purnendr…
Distant Asian Neighbours
Japan's 1999 unified local elections
Japanese Politics Today
Introduction T.Inoguchi & P.Jain - Party Politics: An Era of Uncertainty P.Jain - New Heights, Louder Message: Abstentions in National Elections 1993-95 M.Ishikawa - Big Business and Politics in Japan 1993-95 A.Kubota - Japan's Changing Bureaucracy T.Inoguchi - The Changing Legislative Process in the Transitional Period M.Nakano - A Story of Three Brooms: From the New Liberal Club to the Hosokawa Government S.R.Reed - Reforming Japanese Politics:…
Japanese Foreign Policy Today
Jumin tohyo and the Tokushima Anti-Dam Movement in Japan
The Catch-up State
Local Political Leadership in Japan
Observers of Japanese politics have generally assumed that because Japan is a unitary state, local government and its political chief executives have very little political and policy autonomy. Yet the assumption that a high degree of centralization in the political structure prevents leadership at the local level is misguided. Three case studies demonstrate that local chief executives from the peripheries are now more than ever demonstrating lead…
Asia–Pacific and a new international order
This is a summary of key ideas and discussions from an International Symposium held at the University of Adelaide, 27-28 January 2005
Japan's vision of an East Asian Community
An East Asian Community (EAC) is, for now, an evolving and contested concept. As a grand possibility for beneficial interdependence in and around East Asia, in recent years the concept has inspired
Japan–Australia security ties and the United States
This article considers recent developments in Australia–Japan security and defence ties and their trilateral dimension with the United States. I argue that the security links bilaterally and through their main ally the US have scope for development while the three nations share perceptions of security and strategic matters. However, there are elements of inherent unpredictability that may come into play to hinder the move towards a further streng…
Australia’s Attitude Toward Asian Values and Regional Community Building 1
Australia’s engagement with Asian countries has often been problematic. In recent times, both for economic and security purposes, Australia has sought to deepen its relationship with its Asian neighbors, seeking, among other things, a more formal, ongoing role with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. The response of Asian countries has not always been welcoming, with some Asian leaders questioning the value, appropriateness, and consequen…
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