Not quite the Great Britain of the far east : Japan's security the US-Japan alliance and the war on terror in East Asia/ Christopher W Hughes

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2007Subject(s): In: Cambridge Review of International Affairs Vol.20, No. 2, June 2007, pp. 325-338 (93)Summary: This article argues that Japan is far from assuming the role. For Japan war and terror serves more as a political protect for legitimating long planned changes in military security policy that are often only marginally related to US's anti-terrorism agenda. The final conclusion is that US military hegemony may be weakened by Japan's and the Asia Pacific's divergence from the US global security agenda.
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This article argues that Japan is far from assuming the role. For Japan war and terror serves more as a political protect for legitimating long planned changes in military security policy that are often only marginally related to US's anti-terrorism agenda. The final conclusion is that US military hegemony may be weakened by Japan's and the Asia Pacific's divergence from the US global security agenda.

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