Constraints and options in Japanese foreign policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6195252 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yonosuke Nagai (corresponding author), Nagai Yōnosuke |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 413-449 |
| Publication date | 2012-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan Forum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0955-5803 • E-ISSN: 1469-932X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09555803.2012.729853 |
| OpenAlex | W2091708868 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 2 |
In this article Nagai Yōnosuke uses balance-of-threat-like realist logic to argue that the core aim of Japan's grand strategy must be to minimize potential adversaries while maximizing allies for the sake of deterring attacks from potential adversaries and maximizing the country's freedom of choice. He warns against the idealistic radicalism of both the left and the right in Japan, which he argues is a decontinuation of prewar fanaticism in new ideological clothing. While indicting idealists for suffering from an ‘illusion of omnipotenence’, he criticizes ‘overcautious foreign ministry bureaucrats’, a timidity he attributes to an ‘accumulation of indolence.’ Both tendencies threaten Japan's ability to pursue its core aim of maximizing friends and minimizing enemies. To realize this aim Nagai calls for improving relations with the Soviet Union and even forming a “northern axis” with Washington and Moscow to help isolate China in the short run. Nonetheless, in the longer term he sees this as an indirect means to normalize relations with China
China · Economics · Fanaticism · Foreign policy · Ideology · Political economy · Political radicalism · Political science · Politics · Chinese history and philosophy · International Relations and Foreign Policy · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Citations per year | 0.18 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2015 - 2018 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |