Japan's Security Policy and the ASEAN Regional Forum

<p>Based on primary resources including documents and extensive interviews with Japanese policy makers this book provides a comprehensive and detailed empirical analysis of Japan’s involvement in Asia-Pacific security multilateralism after the end of the Cold War with special reference to the ARF. Giving an in-depth account of new developments in Japan’s post-Cold War security policy Yuzawa also examines:</p><ul> <li>Japan's initial motivations expectations and objectives for promoting regional security multilateralism </li> <li>Japan's diplomacy for achieving these objectives and experiences in the ARF since its formation </li> <li>the effectiveness and limitations of the ARF with regards national and Asia-Pacific security </li> <li>the effects of Japan's experiences in the ARF on its initial conception of regional securty multilateralism and the implications of this for the direction of its overall security policy </li> <li>problems and difficulties that arose as a result of Japan's post-Cold War security policy of simultaneously pursuing two different security approaches - namely the strengthening of regional security institutions and the Japan-US alliance.</li> </ul><p>This book will be an invaluable resource for students and scholars of Japanese security studies as well as international relations Asian politics and international organizations.</p>