Beyond ‘revisionism and status quo’: Japanese political party discourse on ‘international order’ and ‘Ukraine’
Journal: Refubium (Universitätsbibliothek der Freien Universität Berlin)
Year: 2025

This article critiques debates in International Relations (IR) on revisionism and contestation of ‘international order’. It argues that these are overfocused on a binary view of ‘revisionism’ and ‘status quo’ and shows how ‘contestation’ takes place within ‘status quo’ states discursively. To this end, it uses the case of Japanese party-political discourses on ‘Ukraine’ and ‘international order’. Conducting a discourse analysis of election manifestos from 2022, it shows how the Japanese parties