Re-rising Japan

Hidekazu Sakai (Ph.D., political science, University of Hawaii) is Associate Professor of Kansai Gaidai University (Japan). His most recent publication is "The United States-Japan Security Community—Emerging Collective Identity: The Case of the Persian Gulf War (1990–1991)" in Asian Security (2016).Yoichiro Sato (Ph.D., political science, University of Hawaii) taught at the U.S. Defense Department’s Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Auckland University (New Zealand), and is at the Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University (Japan). He co-edited United States Engagement in the Asia Pacific (2015) and The U.S.-Japan Alliance (2011).

• Acknowledgments – Hidekazu Sakai: Introduction: Is Japan Falling or Rerising? – Thomas S. Wilkins: Japan’s New Grand Strategy: "Proactive Realism" in the Face of an "Increasingly Severe" Security Environment – Michael R. Porter: The Japan-China-U.S. Triangle: Japan’s Response and Prospects for the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance – Keiko Hirata: Japanese Nationalism and Foreign Policy – Philip Streich: Japan’s Civil Society: A Source of Strength – Paul Midford: Do Changes in Governing Party Lead to Changes in Foreign Policy? Evidence from Japan – Kivilcim Erkan: Contending State Identities and Japan’s Policy toward the "War on Terror" in Afghanistan (2001–2010): From a "Normal State" to an "Autonomous Civilian Power" – Charly von Solms: Japanese Foreign Policy and East Asian Regionalism: Inherently Interlinked – Lindsay Black: "Private Sector Diplomacy" in Sino-Japanese Relations – Kuniko Ashizawa: Joining the New Great Game? Japan’s Quest for Region Building in Central Asia – Yoichiro Sato: Conclusion: Abe’s Japan—Manifestation of a Quiet Transformation in Power and Values – Selected Bibliography – Index.