Mike Mochizuki
Biographic Data
| ID | 5769920 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mike Mochizuki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mike |
| FAMILY NAME | Mochizuki |
| SIGNATURE | MOCHIZUKI M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Associate Professor of Political Science & International Affairs Associate Dean for Academic Programs Elliott School of International Affairs George Washington University Washington, DC |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 17 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Tokyo’s Taiwan Conundrum
Japan
After months of contentious debate, Japan's parliament, called the Diet, in mid-September 2015 finally passed the Shinzo Abe government's package of eleven bills on security.1 This legislation, alo
Japan under Abe
In July 2013, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, the Kōmeitō, scored an impressive victory in the House of Councilors elections. Out of the 121 contested seats
Kōchikai of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and Its Evolution After the Cold War
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held power in Japan almost unceasingly in the years 1955-2009. It has been widely known as a federation of factions rather than a homogeneous organization. One of the most important among its intra-party groups was Kochikai, a faction created in 1957 by the future Prime Minister Ikeda Hayato. By adhering to a so-called "Yoshida doctrine," the politicians of Kochikai were able to shape a "conservative mainstream"…
Introductory Overview
The Yasukuni Shrine Conundrum
For most countries, remembering and mourning the war dead is natural and uncontroversial. In Japan, however, how to venerate those who lost their lives fighting in wars has been contentious because of the Yasukuni Shrine issue. During the pre-1945 period, the shrine was the central military institution for honouring the war dead; in the post-World War II era, it became a key symbol in the passionate conflict over historical memory and national id…
Roundtable Discussion of Jennifer Lind'S Sorry States
How can Japan put its past behind? Scholars, journalists, and activists frequently argue that Japan cannot solve its “history problem” unless it follows West Germany's lead in offering contrition for World War II violence. Into this debate, Jennifer Lind's Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics offers an original and provocative contribution. Lind argues that while countries should acknowledge past atrocities, frequent public apologies…
Japan's shifting strategy toward the rise of China
After examining different theoretical expectations of how Japan might respond strategically to the rise of China, this article analyzes the evolution of Japan's policy toward China from 1972 to 2006. It argues that Japan has shifted away from the ‘friendship diplomacy’ paradigm to a mixed strategy that involves both positive engagement and realistic balancing to hedge against the potential threats that China may pose in the future. Japan is engag…
Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
describing their comprehensive proposal for negotiations with North Korea, O'Hanlon and Mochizuki exhibit the strategic creativity and analytical depth badly needed by United States policy makers dealing with this strange, dangerous place. - Ash Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In early 2002, in his fateful st…
Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
"In Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, foreign policy scholars and opinion leaders Michael O'Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki introduce a broad and ambitious program designed to answer - once and for all - the stubborn North Korean question. Detailing a "grand bargain" by which the United States and its allies could defuse North Korea's military threat without resorting to Iraq-style war, this examination outlines a step-by-step process that would: address…
Toward a grand bargain with North Korea
Coupling carrots that actually entice with tough demands to address North Korea's nuclear program, reduce its conventional forces, and reform its outdated economic system can begin to transform one of the world's most troubled and dangerous regions. Here's how
Help Your Hegemon
Japan
The current process of Japanese domestic change has the potential to produce a Japan that will be more supportive of U.S. interests. In Japan, political realignment has depolarized the ideological conflict about defense policy and Japan's security relationship with the United States, and recent electoral reform could eventually cause elections to be contested more on the basis of policy than on client-centered politics. But in the near term, ther…
Japan
Japan After the Cold War
JAPAN AFTER THE COLD WAR. Mike M. Mochizuki Japáñese are no different than Americans and West Europeans in welcoming the end of the Cold War. The improvement of Soviet-American relations lessens the possibility of Japan becoming embroiled in a military conflict between the superpowers. Furthermore, the crisis of communism and the global push for military retrenchment affirm the basic correctness of Japan's postwar policies to minimize military ex…
Japan’s Foreign Policy
Essay| December 01 1985 Japan’s Foreign Policy Mike Mochizuki Mike Mochizuki Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University Mike Mochizuki is completing a book on the Liberal Democratic party regime in Japan. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1985) 84 (506): 401–404. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1985.84.506.401 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supple…
Japan's Search for Strategy
Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
describing their comprehensive proposal for negotiations with North Korea, O'Hanlon and Mochizuki exhibit the strategic creativity and analytical depth badly needed by United States policy makers dealing with this strange, dangerous place. - Ash Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In early 2002, in his fateful st…
Japan's shifting strategy toward the rise of China
After examining different theoretical expectations of how Japan might respond strategically to the rise of China, this article analyzes the evolution of Japan's policy toward China from 1972 to 2006. It argues that Japan has shifted away from the ‘friendship diplomacy’ paradigm to a mixed strategy that involves both positive engagement and realistic balancing to hedge against the potential threats that China may pose in the future. Japan is engag…
Japan's Search for Strategy
Japan
The current process of Japanese domestic change has the potential to produce a Japan that will be more supportive of U.S. interests. In Japan, political realignment has depolarized the ideological conflict about defense policy and Japan's security relationship with the United States, and recent electoral reform could eventually cause elections to be contested more on the basis of policy than on client-centered politics. But in the near term, ther…
Tokyo’s Taiwan Conundrum
Toward a grand bargain with North Korea
Coupling carrots that actually entice with tough demands to address North Korea's nuclear program, reduce its conventional forces, and reform its outdated economic system can begin to transform one of the world's most troubled and dangerous regions. Here's how
Japan under Abe
In July 2013, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, the Kōmeitō, scored an impressive victory in the House of Councilors elections. Out of the 121 contested seats
Roundtable Discussion of Jennifer Lind'S Sorry States
How can Japan put its past behind? Scholars, journalists, and activists frequently argue that Japan cannot solve its “history problem” unless it follows West Germany's lead in offering contrition for World War II violence. Into this debate, Jennifer Lind's Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics offers an original and provocative contribution. Lind argues that while countries should acknowledge past atrocities, frequent public apologies…
Japan's Search for Strategy
Japan’s Foreign Policy
Essay| December 01 1985 Japan’s Foreign Policy Mike Mochizuki Mike Mochizuki Assistant Professor of Political Science, Yale University Mike Mochizuki is completing a book on the Liberal Democratic party regime in Japan. Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Current History (1985) 84 (506): 401–404. https://doi.org/10.1525/curh.1985.84.506.401 Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supple…
Japan After the Cold War
JAPAN AFTER THE COLD WAR. Mike M. Mochizuki Japáñese are no different than Americans and West Europeans in welcoming the end of the Cold War. The improvement of Soviet-American relations lessens the possibility of Japan becoming embroiled in a military conflict between the superpowers. Furthermore, the crisis of communism and the global push for military retrenchment affirm the basic correctness of Japan's postwar policies to minimize military ex…
Japan
Japan
The current process of Japanese domestic change has the potential to produce a Japan that will be more supportive of U.S. interests. In Japan, political realignment has depolarized the ideological conflict about defense policy and Japan's security relationship with the United States, and recent electoral reform could eventually cause elections to be contested more on the basis of policy than on client-centered politics. But in the near term, ther…
Help Your Hegemon
Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
"In Crisis on the Korean Peninsula, foreign policy scholars and opinion leaders Michael O'Hanlon and Mike Mochizuki introduce a broad and ambitious program designed to answer - once and for all - the stubborn North Korean question. Detailing a "grand bargain" by which the United States and its allies could defuse North Korea's military threat without resorting to Iraq-style war, this examination outlines a step-by-step process that would: address…
Toward a grand bargain with North Korea
Coupling carrots that actually entice with tough demands to address North Korea's nuclear program, reduce its conventional forces, and reform its outdated economic system can begin to transform one of the world's most troubled and dangerous regions. Here's how
Crisis on the Korean Peninsula
describing their comprehensive proposal for negotiations with North Korea, O'Hanlon and Mochizuki exhibit the strategic creativity and analytical depth badly needed by United States policy makers dealing with this strange, dangerous place. - Ash Carter, former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Ford Foundation Professor of Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. In early 2002, in his fateful st…
Japan's shifting strategy toward the rise of China
After examining different theoretical expectations of how Japan might respond strategically to the rise of China, this article analyzes the evolution of Japan's policy toward China from 1972 to 2006. It argues that Japan has shifted away from the ‘friendship diplomacy’ paradigm to a mixed strategy that involves both positive engagement and realistic balancing to hedge against the potential threats that China may pose in the future. Japan is engag…
Roundtable Discussion of Jennifer Lind'S Sorry States
How can Japan put its past behind? Scholars, journalists, and activists frequently argue that Japan cannot solve its “history problem” unless it follows West Germany's lead in offering contrition for World War II violence. Into this debate, Jennifer Lind's Sorry States: Apologies in International Politics offers an original and provocative contribution. Lind argues that while countries should acknowledge past atrocities, frequent public apologies…
The Yasukuni Shrine Conundrum
For most countries, remembering and mourning the war dead is natural and uncontroversial. In Japan, however, how to venerate those who lost their lives fighting in wars has been contentious because of the Yasukuni Shrine issue. During the pre-1945 period, the shrine was the central military institution for honouring the war dead; in the post-World War II era, it became a key symbol in the passionate conflict over historical memory and national id…
Kōchikai of the Japanese Liberal Democratic Party and Its Evolution After the Cold War
The Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) held power in Japan almost unceasingly in the years 1955-2009. It has been widely known as a federation of factions rather than a homogeneous organization. One of the most important among its intra-party groups was Kochikai, a faction created in 1957 by the future Prime Minister Ikeda Hayato. By adhering to a so-called "Yoshida doctrine," the politicians of Kochikai were able to shape a "conservative mainstream"…
Introductory Overview
Japan under Abe
In July 2013, Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its coalition partner, the Kōmeitō, scored an impressive victory in the House of Councilors elections. Out of the 121 contested seats
Japan
After months of contentious debate, Japan's parliament, called the Diet, in mid-September 2015 finally passed the Shinzo Abe government's package of eleven bills on security.1 This legislation, alo
Tokyo’s Taiwan Conundrum
Political science (17 works) · Law (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Japanese History and Culture (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Economics (7 works) · Political economy (7 works) · China (5 works) · International trade (5 works) · Development economics (4 works)