Japan's Security Agenda: Military, Economic, and Environmental Dimensions

Hughes (globalization and regionalization, U. of Warwick) analyzes Japan's security policy and its contribution to regional security in East Asia from the Cold War period to the present. Though the country has shown signs of enhanced security activity after the Cold War, even contributing military forces to the US wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, he says debate continues inside and outside Japan about what type of security actor it seeks to be, what dimension of security it should pursue, and how it will contribute to regional security. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR