Japanese Strategic Thinking on Regionalism
Japanese Strategic Thinking on Regionalism
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日本的地区主义战略思考
DOI:
10.1057/9780230603158_11
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发表时间:
2007
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G. Rozman
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作者:
G. Rozman
As the cold war ended in 1989–90, the first rumblings of regionalism were felt in Japan, both with the establishment of APEC inclusive of the United States and with talk of the “Japan Sea economic rim” and of the EAEC (East Asian economic caucus) exclusive of the United States. In December 2005 the first meeting of the EAS (East Asian Summit) rekindled Japanese hopes for regionalism, now with careful attention to preventing China’s dominance. Over more than 15 years we can trace Japanese interest in regionalism,1transcending bilateral relations while requiring some delicate balancing of relations involving first the United States and later China.2Different assumptions could be found on the political Right and Left, initially among those who placed a high future value on U.S. relations and those who were impatient for “normal” foreign relations that limit the U.S. role, and eventually among those who sought to forestall China’s leadership in Asia and those who accepted the need for Japan to “reenter Asia.” This chapter focuses on the strategic calculations operating in the background as approaches to regionalism changed.