Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power
Japan's Re-emergence as a 'Normal' Military Power
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日本重新成为“正常”军事强国
DOI：
10.4324/9781315000831
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发表时间：
2006
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
C. Hughes
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作者：
C. Hughes
日本是否会在地区和全球安全事务中重新成为一个正常的、甚至是一个伟大的军事大国？本文评估了过去十年来日本安全政策的总体轨迹，以及日本军事姿态变化对东亚稳定的影响。
Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security affairs? This Adelphi Paper assesses the overall trajectory of Japan’s security policy over the last decade, and the impact of a changing Japanese military posture on the stability of East Asia.
The paper examines Japan’s evolving security debate, set against the background of a shifting international environment and domestic policymaking system; the status of Japan’s national military capabilities and constitutional prohibitions; post-Cold War developments in the US Japan alliance; and Japan’s role in multilateral regional security dialogue, UN PKO, and US-led coalitions of the willing. It concludes that Japan is undoubtedly moving along the trajectory of becoming a more assertive military power, and that this trend has been accelerated post-9/11. Japan is unlikely, though, to channel its military power through greatly different frameworks than at present. Japan will opt for the enhanced, and probably inextricable, integration of its military capabilities into the US Japan alliance, rather than pursuing options for greater autonomy or multilateralism. Japan’s strengthened role as the defensive shield for the offensive sword of US power projection will only serve to bolster US military hegemony in East Asia and globally.