Reinventing the Alliance : US - Japan Security Partnership in an Era of Change

## Companies and representatives throughout the world In an era when a series of breathtaking events are taking place, sharing risks has become an important element of social life. In this regard we would like to express our deep gratitude to the United States-Japan Foundation, which shared with us our norms and risks and supported the project from which this volume has emerged. George Packard, its President; Takeo Takuma, its Tokyo office director, and James Schoff, its New York office director; and all including those on the governing board, especially Yotaro Kobayashi, Shinji Fukukawa, Gerald Curtis, and Yusuke Saraye, have been unfailingly helpful to us. The University of Tokyo and its Institute of Oriental Culture have been quite generous in processing all the necessary documents and transactions in the process of carrying out the project. Special thanks go to Ms. Kimiko Goko and Mr. Ken Firmalino. Georgetown University has been no less helpful in making its facilities available. We would like also to acknowledge our gratitude to those who gave us luncheon speeches in our conferences on Cover......Page 1 Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 List of Contributors......Page 12 List of Abbreviations......Page 14 1 Introduction......Page 16 SECTION ONE: HISTORICAL AND REGIONAL SETTING......Page 34 2 The U.S.–Japan Alliance and Models of Regional Security Order......Page 36 3 From Balancing to Networking: Models of Regional Security in Asia......Page 58 4 The Construction of Antagonism: The History Problem in Japan’s Foreign Relations......Page 78 SECTION TWO: SECURITY BILATERALISM AND MULTILATERALISM......Page 104 5 Reforming the U.S.–Japan Alliance: What Should Be Done?......Page 106 6 Beyond the “Post–Cold War"? U.S.–Japan Alliance and the Future of Asia-Pacific Security......Page 132 7 Multilateral Security in Asia and the U.S.–Japan Alliance......Page 156 SECTION THREE: NEW DIMENSIONS TO ALLIANCE COOPERATION......Page 176 8 The “Revolution in Military Affairs” and Security in Asia......Page 178 9 Ballistic Missile Defense and the U.S.–Japan Alliance......Page 202 10 Peacekeeping and the U.S.–Japan Alliance......Page 228 11 UN Peacekeeping Operations and Japan’s Role in Retrospect and Prospect: A possible U.S.–Japan Cooperation......Page 248 B......Page 274 D......Page 275 I......Page 276 M......Page 277 O......Page 278 S......Page 279 U......Page 280 Z......Page 281 This study explores the Taiwan issue from the three perspectives of Beijing, Taipei, and Washington since Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui's visit to Cornell University in 1995. These are explored, by leading scholars, not only in terms of the three parties involved, but also in terms of the differences within each party. This collection of essays works from the premise that Lee Teng-hui's visit to Cornell University in 1995 was a watershed moment separating Beijing and Taipei's positions toward each other. Scholars from mainland China, Taiwan, and the United States cover the changes in perspective on international politics, domestic politics, the economy, and the military This study explores the Taiwan issue from the three perspectives of Beijing, Taipei, and Washington since Taiwan leader Lee Teng-hui?s visit to Cornell University in 1995. These were explored not only in terms of the three parties involved, but also in terms of the differences within each party, although these divisions are not as obvious in Beijing. The editor has gathered together four leading scholars from each of the three geographic areas to discuss the Taiwan issue from the perspectives of international politics, domestic politics, economics, and security. At the center of the debate is the issue of the status quo at the Taiwan Strait

This edited volume examines the U.S.-Japan security alliance, the key to U.S.-Japanese relations since the end of U.S. occupation in the 1950s. The alliance has long been a source of both cooperation and stress between the two nations, but with rapid changes in Asia, it has grown more problematic. This book brings American and Japanese specialists together to examine the alliance within the wider regional environment and to determine whether and how the bilateral alliance can evolve and remain at the core of the region's security order.

This is an edited volume that examines the US-Japan security alliance, the key to US-Japanese relations since the end of US occupation in the 50s. The alliance has long been a source of both co-operation and stress between the two nations, but with rapid changes in Asia, it has grown more problematic. This book brings American and Japanese specialists together to examine the alliance within the wider regional environment and to determine whether and how the bilateral alliance can evolve and remain at the core of the region's security order. The alliance between the United States and Japan has endured since the end of the US occupation during the 1950s. These essays examine the alliance within the wider regional environment to see how it can evolve and remain at the core of the region's security order The U.S.-Japan alliance is the most important pillar of security and political order in the Asia Pacific but it is increasingly subject to strains between the two countries and from a rapidly transforming region.