EU-Japan Security Cooperation: Trends and Prospects (Routledge Studies in European Security and Strategy)

This book assesses EU-Japan security relations, examining how they have developed in individual security sectors and how they could be affected by international developments. The conclusions of the Economic Partnership Agreement and the Strategic Partnership Agreement in 2017 demonstrate the steady growth in EU-Japan political relations. Since the 1990s, dialogues between the EU and Japan have benefitted from extensive trade and investment ties and shared liberal values. Based on collaborative research by European and Japanese scholars, this book provides an in-depth, systematic and comparative analysis of the extent to which the EU and Japan have achieved concrete actions in the pursuance of security cooperation across a range of key areas such as nuclear proliferation, regional security, international terrorism, and energy and climate security. Further, it seeks to explain why some security sectors (such as economic and cybersecurity) have resulted in more extensive EU-Japan cooperation, while others lag behind (such as military and regional security). Common declarations and actions of shared interest and concerns have often led to only modest levels of security collaboration, and the book highlights factors that may be seen as intervening between intention and action, such as the role of external actors, for instance China and the US, and the constraints of internal EU and domestic Japanese politics. This book will be of much interest to students of European security, Japanese politics, diplomacy studies and international relations. Cover Half Title Book Title Copyright Dedication Table of Contents List of Illustrations Figures Tables Preface Abbreviations Contributors 1 EU–Japan security cooperation in context Introduction Historical overview of EU–Japan security relations Conceptualising EU–Japan security relations The levels of analysis problem in studying EU–Japan relations Overview of the contributions to this volume Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes References 2 Regional security Introduction Threat perceptions Policy responses EU–Japan convergence on threat perception and policy response Bilateral and multilateral EU–Japan cooperation Conclusion References 3 EU–Japan military relations Introduction Levels of threat perception Domestic policy responses to threats (Tentative) military convergence EU–Japan military cooperation Military and security relations with EU member states and other principal partners Intervening variables Conclusions Notes References 4 Non-proliferation Introduction Levels of threat perception Respective responses to threats EU–Japan convergence on threat perception and policy response EU–Japan cooperation in non-proliferation Intervening factors Conclusions Notes References 5 The EU and Japan in the fight against terrorism and organised crime Introduction Threat perception Policy response of the EU and Japan Policy convergence between the EU and Japan Multilateral cooperation Bilateral cooperation between the EU and Japan Intervening factors Conclusions Acknowledgement Notes References 6 EU and Japanese climate and energy security policy Introduction Threat perception Climate and energy security responses Convergence and divergence Cooperation and disputes Conclusions: intervening factors and opportunities for collaboration References 7 Human security: more potential for cooperation? Introduction Perception of threat and policy responses Human security in EU–Japan relations Conclusion References 8 Civil protection: enhancing resilience through collaboration Introduction Threat perception in the EU and Japan Policy response in the EU and Japan Convergence in threat perception and policy response Bilateral cooperation between the EU and Japan Multilateral cooperation Intervening factors: the limited relevance of external third party actors Conclusions Notes References 9 EU–Japan cybersecurity cooperation Introduction Levels of threat perceptions by the EU and Japan Domestic response to threats by the EU and Japan Convergence Degree of EU–Japan bilateral and multilateral cooperation Intervening variables Conclusions Notes References 10 The economic security dimension in EU–Japan relations Introduction The historical evolution of EU–Japan economic relations Levels of threat perceptions in the EU and Japan Extent of domestic policy responses to perceived threats Policy convergence, joint responses and multilateral cooperation The role of third countries Conclusions Notes References 11 The EU–Japan security dialogue and migration: a search for common ground Introduction Threat perception surrounding migration in the EU and Japan Policy responses to migration-related security threats in the EU and Japan Divergent policy contexts as intervening variables in the EU–Japan migration-security dialogue EU–Japan cooperation on migration and security: the open window for convergence through multilateral fora Conclusion Acknowledgement Notes References 12 New horizons in EU–Japan cooperation? Security cooperation between the EU and Japan Intervening factors between levels of threat perception and levels of cooperation The future of EU–Japan security cooperation Conclusions Appendix Notes References Index