THE EU-JAPAN STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (SPA) â€“ REALLY MORE POLITICAL AND SECURITY COOPERATION ON THE GROUND?
Journal: Rendiconti. Classe di lettere e scienze morali e storiche
Year: 2020

In July 2018, Japan and the European Union adopted the bilateral Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA). The SPA is aimed at further institutionalizing EU-Japan cooperation in regional and international politics and security. Based on the political rhetoric accompanying the agreementâ€™s adoption, one could be tempted to conclude that the SPA will be the long-awaited breakthrough of EU-Japan political and security cooperation in the years ahead. But it is not, at least not yet. In the agreement,