Japanese Strategic Thinking on Regionalism

Bibliographic Data

ID20071434
AuthorsGilbert Rozman (corresponding author)
Year2007
Pages243-268
Publication date2007-01-01
Open AccessYes
TypeCHAPTER
VenueJapanese Strategic Thought Toward Asia (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1057/9780230603158_11
OpenAlexW2502013230
ISBN9780230603158
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited12

A s the cold war ended in 1989–90, the first rumblings of regionalism were felt in Japan, both with the establishment of APEC inclusive of the United States and with talk of the “Japan Sea economic rim” and of the EAEC (East Asian economic caucus) exclusive of the United States. In December 2005 the first meeting of the EAS (East Asian Summit) rekindled Japanese hopes for regionalism, now with careful attention to preventing China’s dominance. Over more than 15 years we can trace Japanese interest in regionalism, 1 transcending bilateral relations while requiring some delicate balancing of relations involving first the United States and later China. 2 Different assumptions could be found on the political Right and Left, initially among those who placed a high future value on U.S. relations and those who were impatient for “normal” foreign relations that limit the U.S. role, and eventually among those who sought to forestall China’s leadership in Asia and those who accepted the need for Japan to “reenter Asia.” This chapter focuses on the strategic calculations operating in the background as approaches to regionalism changed

Asian studies · Caucus · China · Democracy · Development economics · Dominance (genetics) · East Asia · Economics · Economy · Geography · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Regionalism (politics) · Sociology · Summit · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Japanese History and Culture · Law

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