Japan's Security Relations with China Since 1989: From Balancing to Bandwagoning?

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Routledge, Aug 3, 2005 - Political Science - 264 pages
Japan's Security Relations with China since 1989 raises the crucial question of whether Japan's political leadership which is still preoccupied with finding a new political constellation and with overcoming a deep economic crisis is able to handle such a complex policy in the face of an increasingly assertive China and a US alliance partner with strong swings between engaging and containing China's power. This study of the highly topical bilateral relationship will be of great interest to students and researchers in Japanese and Chinese Studies, Politics, International Relations and Security Studies.
 

Contents

Introduction
1
1 JapaneseChinese relations under Cold War conditions
12
2 The rise of traditional and nontraditional security concerns
33
3 Between power balancing and enmeshment policies
84
4 The dynamics of engagement
140
Conclusions
174
Notes
187
Index
237
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