Japan’s approach toward Asian regional security
From ‘hub-and-spoke’ bilateralism to ‘multi-tiered’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12207682 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kuniko Ashizawa (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 361-382 |
| Publication date | 2003-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Pacific Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0951-2748 • E-ISSN: 1470-1332 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/0951274032000085635 |
| OpenAlex | W2027949188 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
This article argues that Japan’s growing activism in promoting multilateral regional security arrangements since the early 1990s stems from the country’s adoption of the ‘multi-tiered approach’; a new policy perspective that packages different types of coordination among region states, including bilateral, multilateral, and minilateral or subregional, in a layered, hierarchical manner. The significance of the approach explains why Japan has retained its enthusiasm for promoting multilateral arrangements, despite continuous criticism of their effectiveness and significance, as well as the marked decline in Japan’s economic power to support financially the country’s activism in regional institution-building. Meanwhile, the multi-tiered approach also explains Japan’s effort to maintain and strengthen its bilateral security relationship with the United States during the last decade. Four factors – a perceived change in the regional security order, growing self-recognition of major-power status, the legacy of
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| Citations per year | 0.48 |
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| Citation span | 2005 - 2026 (22) |
| Highly cited | No |