Overcoming Isolationism

Japan’s Leadership in East Asian Security Multilateralism

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ID19189211
AuthorsPaul Midford (0000-0001-6512-3296, corresponding author)
Year2020
Publication date2020-07-14
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueOvercoming Isolationism (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherStanford University Press (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1515/9781503613096
OpenAlexW4251802153
ISBN9781503613096
LanguageEN
Citations received5

This book asks why, in the wake of the Cold War, Japan suddenly reversed years of steadfast opposition to security cooperation with its neighbors. Long isolated and opposed to multilateral agreements, Japan proposed East Asia's first multilateral security forum in the early 1990s, emerging as a regional leader. Overcoming Isolationism explores what led to this surprising about-face and offers a corrective to the misperception that Japan's security strategy is reactive to US pressure and unresponsive to its neighbors. Paul Midford draws on newly released official documents and extensive interviews to reveal a quarter century of Japanese leadership in promoting regional security cooperation. He demonstrates that Japan has a much more nuanced relationship with its neighbors and has played a more significant leadership role in shaping East Asian security than has previously been recognized

Isolationism · Political science · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Japanese History and Culture · Law · Maritime Security and History

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