Asia's alliance triangle
Subtitle: US-Japan-South Korea relations at a tumultuous time
By: edited by Gilbert Rozman
Series: Asan-Palgrave Macmillan series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781137541703
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / International; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Diplomacy; Foreign relations
Description: "From 2013, the US-led alliance triangle with Japan and South Korea has defied expectations. Drawing together articles commissioned from leading experts in all three countries by the new online journal The Asan Forum, this book reconsiders what we thought we knew about the three legs of this triangle. Varied chapters cover the US-South Korea alliance at 60 years, Japan-South Korea relations under stress, Japan's national security policy, US relations with both allies, and Japanese and Korean national identities. A picture emerges of two strong US alliances increasingly at odds with each other, and of Japan-South Korea relations newly troubled not only by intensifying national identities but also by divergent strategic calculations. This volume shows how vital this triangle is to understanding US policy in Asia by bringing to light the dynamics of triangularity in the shadow of China's rise and the North Korean threat"--

"This book reconsiders what we thought we knew about the US-led alliance triangle with Japan and South Korea, integrating some of the best, up-to-date analysis from three countries. It covers the US-ROK alliance at 60 years, Japan-ROK relations under stress, Japan's national security policy, US relations with both allies, and Japanese and Korean national identities"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: -- Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. THE US-ROK ALLIANCE AT 60 YEARS 1. Synopsis of the Asan Washington Forum 2013: The Enduring Alliance: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of ROK-US Relations, Parts 1 and 2; title: Gilbert Rozman2. Retrospect and Prospect of the ROK-US Alliance at 60 and Beyond; title: Choi Kang3. Synopsis of the Asan Seminar: Managing ROK-US Relations; title: Gilbert Rozman4. Synopsis of the Asan Institute, Pacific Forum CSIS Conference on US-Japan-ROK Triangular Relations; title: J. Berkshire MillerPART II. JAPAN-ROK RELATIONS UNDER STRESS 5. ROK and US Views on the Foreign Policy of the Abe Administration; title: Bong Young-shik6. Japan's Defense Reforms and Korean Perceptions of Japan's Collective Self-Defense; title: J. Berkshire Miller7. Korea-Japan Relations under Deep Stress; title: Park Cheol HeePART III. JAPAN'S EMERGING NATIONAL SECURITY POLICY 8. Complacency and Indecisiveness in Japan's New One-Party Dominance and Foreign Policy; title: Koichi Nakano 9. Evolution of Japan's National Security Policy under the Abe Administration; title: Yamaguchi Noboru10. Japanese Politics concerning Collective Self-Defense; title: Yuichi Hosoya PART IV. OBAMA'S MEETINGS WITH ABE AND PARK IN MARCH AND APRIL 2014 AND U.S-JAPAN RELATIONS IN LATE 2014 11. Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management; title: Lee Chung Min12. Rebalancing and Entanglement: America's Dilemma in East Asia; title: Kiichi Fujiwara13. President Obama and Japan-South Korea Relations; title: Sheila A. Smith14. State of the Rebalance; title: Thomas Hubbard15. U.S.-Japan Relations: Do We Share the Same Values and View of History? Dennis Blair, A U.S. Perspective; title: Nakanishi Hiroshi, A Japanese Perspective; title: and Bong Young-shik and Daeong Hyun, A South Korean Perspective; title: Dennis Blair, Nakanishi Hiroshi, Bong Young-shik, and Daeong HyunPART V. JAPANESE AND KOREAN NATIONAL IDENTITY 16. National Identities, Historical Memories, and Reconciliation in Northeast Asia; title: Gi-Wook Shin17. National Identity under Transformation: New Challenges to South Korea; title: Kim Jiyoon18. A National Identity Approach to Japan's Late 2013 Foreign Policy Thinking; title: Gilbert Rozman19. Review Article: Civilizational Polarization and Japan; title: Gilbert Rozman20. Realism vs. Revisionism in Abe's Foreign Policy in 2014; title: Gilbert Rozman List of contributorsIndex.