André Asplund is a Post-doctoral Associate and Lecturer at the Program in Japanese Politics and Diplomacy, Yale University, USA. Marie Söderberg is a Professor and the Director of the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

• 1. Global Change: Japan’s Role in the Making of a New Aid Architecture2. The Peculiarities of Japan’s ODA and the Implications for African Development3. Aligning Policy with Practice: Japanese ODA and Normative Values4. The Development Cooperation Paradigm Under the "New Partnership" and its Implications for Japan’s Aid5. The Securitization of Japan’s ODA: New Strategies in Changing Regional and Domestic Contexts6. The US Pivot to Asia and Japan’s Development Cooperation Charter7. Japanese ODA and The Challenge of Chinese Aid in Africa8. The Changing Global Aid Architecture: An Opportunity for Japan to Play a Proactive Global Role?9. Comparing Japan and the European Union: The Development Cooperation Policies of Two Civilian Powers10. Network-based Development Cooperation as a Way Forward for Japan11. The Impact of Public Opinion on Japan’s Aid Policy: Before and After the New Development Assistance Charter12. An Asian Aid Paradigm: Japan Leading from Behind

André Asplund is a Post-doctoral Associate and Lecturer at the Program in Japanese Politics and Diplomacy, Yale University, USA. Marie Söderberg is a Professor and the Director of the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

• 1. Global Change: Japan’s Role in the Making of a New Aid Architecture2. The Peculiarities of Japan’s ODA and the Implications for African Development3. Aligning Policy with Practice: Japanese ODA and Normative Values4. The Development Cooperation Paradigm Under the "New Partnership" and its Implications for Japan’s Aid5. The Securitization of Japan’s ODA: New Strategies in Changing Regional and Domestic Contexts6. The US Pivot to Asia and Japan’s Development Cooperation Charter7. Japanese ODA and The Challenge of Chinese Aid in Africa8. The Changing Global Aid Architecture: An Opportunity for Japan to Play a Proactive Global Role?9. Comparing Japan and the European Union: The Development Cooperation Policies of Two Civilian Powers10. Network-based Development Cooperation as a Way Forward for Japan11. The Impact of Public Opinion on Japan’s Aid Policy: Before and After the New Development Assistance Charter12. An Asian Aid Paradigm: Japan Leading from Behind

André Asplund is a Post-doctoral Associate and Lecturer at the Program in Japanese Politics and Diplomacy, Yale University, USA. Marie Söderberg is a Professor and the Director of the European Institute of Japanese Studies at Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.

• 1. Global Change: Japan’s Role in the Making of a New Aid Architecture2. The Peculiarities of Japan’s ODA and the Implications for African Development3. Aligning Policy with Practice: Japanese ODA and Normative Values4. The Development Cooperation Paradigm Under the "New Partnership" and its Implications for Japan’s Aid5. The Securitization of Japan’s ODA: New Strategies in Changing Regional and Domestic Contexts6. The US Pivot to Asia and Japan’s Development Cooperation Charter7. Japanese ODA and The Challenge of Chinese Aid in Africa8. The Changing Global Aid Architecture: An Opportunity for Japan to Play a Proactive Global Role?9. Comparing Japan and the European Union: The Development Cooperation Policies of Two Civilian Powers10. Network-based Development Cooperation as a Way Forward for Japan11. The Impact of Public Opinion on Japan’s Aid Policy: Before and After the New Development Assistance Charter12. An Asian Aid Paradigm: Japan Leading from Behind