The Japan-US Alliance of Hope

The Japan-US alliance has continued to deepen and develop for around sixty years, responding to the security environment of the times. But today, the security order of the Asia-Pacific region is at an important turning point. China’s maritime activities are only intensifying, causing growing instability in the regional maritime security environment. As the existing order of the Asia-Pacific region is now being threatened, the Japan-US alliance is an “alliance of hope” for peace and prosperity.

In this book, the authors analyze the present conditions of the alliance and discuss its future direction from this perspective of maintaining the maritime security order in the Asia-Pacific region. Together with the diplomatic and security policies of Japan and the US, and of China, their research subjects include the policies of India, Australia, South Korea, Russia, and ASEAN, which are the main players in the oceans of the region, and they derive important hints for the future of the Japan-US alliance.

Nakasone Peace Institute
Nakasone Peace Institute (NPI) was founded in June 1988 by former Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone Yasuhiro for research and study, international exchange, and other activities.

KITAOKA Shinichi
President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and emeritus professor of the University of Tokyo.

KUBO Fumiaki
Executive research director at Nakasone Peace Institute since 2018 and the A. Barton Hepburn professor of American government and history at the Graduate Schools for Law adn Politics, the University of Tokyo.

*information as of time of publication

Japan Library series
History

Publisher:
Japan Publishing Industry Foundation for Culture

Hardcover
¥3,200 + tax
ISBN 9784866581385
220 mm x 148 mm / 280 pp. / March 2020

eBook
ISBN 9784866581507 (ePub)
ISBN 9784866581613 (PDF)

CONTENTS
Foreword to the English Edition
Foreword to the Japanese Edition
Preface
Introduction: Security and the “Defense of the Constitution” Argument
1. Asymmetry in the Rights and Obligations under the Japan-US Security Treaty / 2. Japan’s National Security Strategy and the Japan-US Alliance / 3. America’s Asia Strategy and China / 4. US Maritime Strategy and the Japan-US Alliance / 5. China’s Maritime Strategy and the Japan-US Alliance / 6. The Military Significance of China’s A2/AD Strategy and Recommendations for the Military Response by Japan and the US / 7. The South China Sea Dispute and the Japan-US Alliance / 8. The Defense Policies of ASEAN Countries: ASEAN-5 and Vietnam / 9. India’s Diplomatic and Security Policies / 10. Australia and the Japan-US Alliance / 11. South Korea’s Maritime Strategy and Its Implications for Japan / 12. Russia’s Sphere of Influence and the Arctic and Far East Regions
Addendum to the English Edition
About the Authors

"This is the go-to volume for understanding the nuts and bolts of the multifaceted alliance between the powerhouses on the far western and eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean."

Jason Morgan
PhD, Historian and Professor, Reitaku University
Japan Forward

海洋紛争をどう防止し、秩序をどう創るか。南シナ海における人工島の軍事基地化や、防空識別圏が設定されてからでは遅い。監視能力を備えた地域機構を創設すべきであり、日米同盟は有用となる。13名の気鋭の論者が日米同盟を考察する。

編：公益財団法人  中曽根康弘世界平和研究所
監修：北岡伸一、久保文明