Japan in International Politics: The Foreign Policies of an Adaptive State
- ISBN-10
- 1588264831
- ISBN-13
- 9781588264831
- Pages
- 349
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers
- Authors
- Thomas U. Berger, Mike Mochizuki, Jitsuo Tsuchiyama
Description
How have shifts in both the international environment and domestic politics affected the trajectory of Japanese foreign policy? Does it still make sense to depict Japan as passive and reactive, or have the country's leaders become strategic and proactive? This book presents a nuanced picture of Japanese foreign policy, emphasizing the ways in which slow, adaptive changes, informed by pragmatic liberalism, have served the national interest.
