Redefining The U.S.-Japan Alliance: Tokyo's National Defense Program

Abstract

Japan is starting to emerge as a major player in the international security affairs of the post-Cold War era. With the approach of the half-century mark since the conclusion of the Second World War, Japan's postwar generation of leaders appears more confident than their predecessors about their country's potential contribution to global peace and stability. Evidence that Japan may be finding its footing as a great market democracy is extant in the recent report of a distinguished advisory commission reviewing Japan's National Defense Program Outline: "Japan should extricate itself from its security policy of the past that was, if anything, passive, and henceforth play an active role in shaping a new order."2

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA421885

Entities

People

  • Michael J. Green
  • Patrick M. Cronin

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Arms Control
  • Arms Control Treaties
  • Chemical Weapons
  • Defense Industry
  • Globalization
  • Interagency Coordination
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Conflicts
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Second World War
  • Treaties
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Strategic Security Studies