WATAI Yuki  <br/><br/>
Vested interests as a hidden driver of Japan's remilitarization: the case of BMD deployment through a neoclassical realist approach/ 
Yuki Watai 
 -  2021 
<br/><br/> This paper posits that the concept of 'vested interests' such as economic ones, and not necessarily leaders' perception of threat, plays a crucial role as a hidden driver of Japan's remilitarisation regarding BMD.  The paper contributes to the substantive debate on why, when and how Japan's shift occurred to begin balancing from its previous behaviour, with further contributions to a broader theoretical debate on how a major state responds to a rising power. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>JAPAN -- SECURITY POLICY<br/>JAPAN -- MILITARY