DIPLOMACY
Vol.42, Mar./Apr. 2017

Contents of Features

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Independence of the Supreme Court and its involvement in politics: Exploring theconservative and the liberal in the judiciary
U.S. supreme court has a definitive influence in problems that divide U.S. society, such as issues of abortion
or gun control. President Trump has nominated Neil Gorsuch, a conservative judge, to the seat to manipulate
the Supreme Court in his favor. However, the issue is not that simple. This essay analyzes the meaning ofconservatism and liberalism within the judiciary.
Naoyuki Agawa (Doshisha University)

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Tragicomical Volkerwanderung of 4,000 personnel in Washington

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Jacksonianism in the Trump era: Self-perceptions and foreign views of current U.S.

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TREND 2017
“Popular sentiment” determines ROK’s political crisis

The change in Presidential political appointees are almost like a seasonal tradition. How did those who has
bet on Mr. Trump, who was merely a fringe candidate, win their seats in the government? This essay looks attheir origins and explores the future power dynamics among them.
Naoya Yoshino (The Nikkei)
How far away is “Trumpism” from U.S. political and ideological universal values? By analyzing the frameworkof “Jacksonianism,” an ideology said to be very close to that of “Trumpism,” this article explores wherePresident Trump and his policies are headed.
Satoru Mori (Hosei University)

Hideki Okuzono(University of Shizuoka)

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Beyond the “dual nature of nuclear disarmament”: Current status of the legal restrictions
surrounding nuclear weapons and Japanese diplomacy
Nobumasa Akiyama (Minister-Counsellor for the Permanent Mission of Japan to the International Organizations, Vienna)94

New UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is facing “the most impossible task”

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Possibilities of Latin American regional economic integration

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FOCUS The world of internatioal law
Struggles of the ICC: The key to success lies in international cooperation: Thinking

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Hajime Ozaki (Kyodo News)

Yoshimichi Murakami (Kobe University)

about the power of norms
International society dealing with grievous crimes over national jurisdictions. With on-the-ground knowledge ofthe International Criminal Court (ICC), this article looks at the achievement and problems of this grand“experimental” efforts of the ICC.
Kuniko Ozaki (International Criminal Court)

The situation after The Hague Convention (the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International
Child Abduction) has entered into force and its subsequent developments in JapanThe Hague convention seeks to integrate international private law by stipulating how to prevent cross-borderabductions and setting rules on visitations in the cases of international marriages falling apart. This article
introduces its mechanism and proposes ways to effectively utilize this treaty.
Shinichiro Hayakawa (University of Tokyo)

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Between academia and practice: Experiences of a scholar of international law engaged in practice
The frontlines of international law are a world of intense negotiations. Dr. Asada, who has been involved inworld’s nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation beginning with the NPT regime, as well as working as a
Member of the Panel of Experts, 1718 Committee that dealt with UN sanctions towards North Korea, talks
about the relationship between academia and practice based on his experience
Masahiko Asada (Kyoto University)

Special Feature:

The beginning ofTrump administration

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Cover Story Interview

Thinking about the world from the “Sustainable Development Goals”
Hiroko Kuniya (Anchor)

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Who are the key personnel that supports the Trump administration?

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Roundtable: Japan should play the role of a conduit to Asia
The summit meeting between Japan and the U.S. has ended in a success, leading to the stabilization ofJapan-U.S. relationship on the foreign and security policies fronts. On the other hand, we are still unsure how
the relationship will be on the economic and trade aspects. The crucial point is for Japan, as one of the key
countries of G7, to play the role of a conduit to Asia, connecting Trump’s America to the world.
Mitoji Yabunaka (Ritsumeikan University)×Takashi Shiraishi (GRIPS)×Keiko Iizuka (Yomiuri Shimbun)

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The decline of “a great America” and two crises

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The improvement of relationship with Russia would only be a partial one

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Solidarity of NATO has begun to waver

48“Global China” and the realignment of US-China relationship52

Will Saudi Arabia’s distrust towards the U.S. be dispelled?

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Marriage of convenience? Tensions between President Trump and Republican-controlled Congress

Due to President Trump’s lack of experience in public office, the work of his surrounding staff would be critical.
However, the power dynamics within “Team Trump” is still opaque. This article attempts to draw an overall
picture of the new administration’s foreign policy from Trump administration’s personnelappointments.
Kenneth R. Weinstein (CEO, Hudson Institute)

The rise of china is beginning to change the power balance between U.S. and China. Can the crisis that shakes
U.S.-China relationship and the liberal order be evaded? Amidst change and crisis, what is the ideal form ofJapanese politics and diplomacy?
Masahiro Obara (University of Tokyo)
U.S.-Russia relationship has worsened during the Obama administration. The Russian government had highhopes for the Trump Presidency, but once the administration has begun, improving the relationship turns out tobe quite difficult, given the problems over Russian intervention in U.S. election and the situation in Ukraine.
Yu Koizumi (The Institute for Future Technology)
The tension that exists between the member countries of NATO, an alliance established as a “deal” between
the U.S. and Europe, is one of the factors that irritates the core of Trump administration. The author analyzes
the historical background of U.S. and NATO, looks at its functions, and address the future of this relationship.
Yoshikazu Hirose (National Defense Academy of Japan)
In truth, the prime benefactor of globalization has been China. As such, once Trump administration has
strengthened its anti-globalism, a strange reversal occurred, with Xi administration becoming “the champion offree trade.” How will China construct its relationship with the Trump administration, characterized as an“uncertainty” in China?
Chisako Masuo (Kyushu University)
What will be the new administration’s Israel policy? What of its responses to the Syrian civil war? Will it take astronger stance towards Iran? Saudi Arabia, with its remaining legacy of negative relationship with the U.S.
under the Obama era, is currently anxiously waiting for Trump’s Middle East policy to take shape.
Sadashi Fukuda (Institute of Developing Economies)
Republicans have taken the Presidency, the House, and the Senate. While it seemed like the “Spring hascome,” discord can be heard from the inside. Based on new power balance in the legislature, this article
interprets the tense relationship between the Republican-controlled Congress and President Trump.
Robert Tomkin (Congressional Quarterly)