Edström Japan’s Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine

The Long Postwar
2. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-78527-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 460 Seiten

Reihe: Progress in Mathematics

During half a century after the war Japan's economy was built up from scratch to the world's number two, while its foreign policy has been described by many as passive and even verging on being non-existent. As a contrast, this book evinces how the foundations of Japan's foreign policy were laid in the early postwar period, and how postwar policies have been characterized by pervasive continuity, guided by distinct national goals and expressed in clear-cut national role conceptions. The far-reaching changes after the end of the Cold War transformed Japan’s domestic political system. Consequently, the analyses for 1946–93 (covered in the first edition) and 1993–2020 (added in the current edition) are structured differently. In the former, each prime minister gets a chapter except for the initial period 1946–54 when three premiers figure, while the prime ministers for 1993–2020 are treated as members of triads, except the long-reigning Koizumi Junichiro and Abe Shinzo.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edström, Bert

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1 Introduction.- 2    To Restore and Reconstruct: Yoshida Shigeru, Ashida Hitoshi, Katayama Tetsu.- 3    The Prewar Leftover with a Postwar Mission: Hatoyama Ichiro.- 4    The Failure of Brilliance: Kishi Nobusuke.- 5    The International Cold Warrior: Ikeda Hayato.- 6    The Cautious and Discreet Prime Minister: Sato Eisaku.- 7    The Computerized Bulldozer on the International Stage: Tanaka Kakuei.- 8    A Liberal Turning Realist: Miki Takeo.- 9    A Visionary Arch-Conservative: Fukuda Takeo.- 10    Turning the Tide: Ohira Masayoshi.- 11  The Harmony Man on the Slippery Slope: Suzuki Zenko.- 12  The Symbolic Statesman: Nakasone Yasuhiro.- 13 A Local Politician on the Global Stage: Takeshita Noboru.- 14  Hope and Uncertainty: Kaifu Toshiki.- 15  Full Circle: Miyazawa Kiichi.- 16  The Non-LDP Trio: Hosokawa Morihiro, Hata Tsutomu, Murayama Tomiichi.- 17 LDP Bosses at the Pinnacle of Power: Hashimoto Ryu¯taro, Obuchi Keizo, Mori Yoshiro.- 18  A Doer Enters the Stage: Koizumi Junichiro.- 19  Three Offsprings on the Political Scene: Abe Shinzo, Fukuda Yasuo, Aso Taro.- 20 The Up and Down of the LDP’s Political Opposition: Hatoyama Yukio, Kan Naoto,Noda Yoshihiko.- 21  The Comeback Kid: Abe Shinzo¯.- 22  Conclusion: Japan’s Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine.

Über Autor(innen)

Bert Edström is currently Nonresident Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. He is the author of (2008), (2018), (2021), and (2024).