Bilateral perspectives on regional security: Australia, Japan and the Asia-Pacific region

Intensifying Australia-Japan bilateral security relations reflect an important trend in alliance politics. Smaller and middle power allies are cooperating with each other more directly on key strategic issues. Five years after the signing of the Australia-Japan Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation, these two US allies are collaborating on a wide array of traditional and non-traditional security issues, bilaterally, regionally and globally. This is an important trend in contemporary Asian geopolitics as historical power shifts in this region unfold..This book assesses the key factors underlying such cooperation and those policy challenges that could impede it. Australian and Japanese experts offer critical insights into why their two countries - traditionally the two key 'spokes' in the US bilateral alliance network spanning Asia - are moving toward a distinct security relationship in their own right. INDICE: Introduction; .W.T.Tow.& .R.Kersten.PARTI: THE INTERPLAY OF DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICY FACTORS.Australian Foreign Policy Towards Japan: Weighing the Bureaucratic Process; .D.Walton.The Koizumi-Abe Revolution in Japanese Security Policy: Normative Transformation and Democratic Maturity; .R.Kersten.Japanese Domestic Politics and Security Cooperation with Australia: The Limits of 'Normalisation'; .T.Anno.Japan's Misfiring Security Hedge: Discovering the Limits of Middle-power Internationalism and Strategic Convergence; .H.D.P.Envall.& .K.Fujiwara.PARTII: THE DYNAMICS OF BILATERAL SECURITY COOPERATION.Regional Security Politics in East Asia: What Can Japan and Australia Usefully Do Together?; .K.Togo.Japan-Australia Security Relations:A Tale of Timing; .M.Cook.Japan-Australia Security Relations: Building a Real Strategic Partnership?; .T.S.Wilkins.Japan-Australia Joint Security Statements and the Trilateral Strategic Dialogue:A Japanese Perspective; .E.Katahara.PARTIII: REGIONAL AND GLOBAL RAMIFICATIONS OF INTENSIFIED BILATERALISM.The Broader Context: how Australia-Japan Relations 'Fit' into Regional and Global Security Dynamics; .W.T.Tow.Comparing Japanese, Australian and European Responses to 'Out-of-area' Security Challenges; .W.M.Vosse.Japan, Australia and International Security Burden-sharing with the United States; .T.Satake.Building a Foundation for Regional Security Architecture in the Asia-Pacific: Human Resource Development for Peacebuilding; .Y.Uesugi.Security Arrangements in the Asia-Pacific:A Three-tier Approach;.R.Sahashi.

• ISBN: 978-0-230-27901-8
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 298
• Fecha Publicación: 10/08/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido