judging by the number of foreign and security policy initiatives – either alone or jointly with the US – to be followed up and implemented in months and years to come. The Japanese government, after years of indecision and ,unofficial funding‘ from 1999–2004, officially committed itself earlier this year to develop a regional missile defence system jointly with the US. It is also making efforts to revise Japan’s sacred ,peace constitution‘, has loosed its long-standing self-imposed ban on export weapons and weapons technology, and is, together with Washington, planning to revise the 1997 US-Japan Guidelines for Defence Cooperation, expanding the geographical areas of military cooperation to the Taiwan Straits. Until the early 1990s, Japan’s foreign and security policies were centred around foreign economic policy, implementing foreign and security policy goals through development aid, economic assistance and, above all, the generous provision of overseas development assistance (ODA). However, it now seems that Japan is putting military cooperation through upgrading its alliance with the US at the top if its security policy agenda.
Japans Aussen-und Sicherheitspolitik. Regionale Militaermacht oder gehorsamer Allianzpartner Washingtons in: KAS-Auslandsinformationen Oktober 2005, ISSN: 0177-7521
BERKOFSKY, AXEL
2005-01-01
Abstract
judging by the number of foreign and security policy initiatives – either alone or jointly with the US – to be followed up and implemented in months and years to come. The Japanese government, after years of indecision and ,unofficial funding‘ from 1999–2004, officially committed itself earlier this year to develop a regional missile defence system jointly with the US. It is also making efforts to revise Japan’s sacred ,peace constitution‘, has loosed its long-standing self-imposed ban on export weapons and weapons technology, and is, together with Washington, planning to revise the 1997 US-Japan Guidelines for Defence Cooperation, expanding the geographical areas of military cooperation to the Taiwan Straits. Until the early 1990s, Japan’s foreign and security policies were centred around foreign economic policy, implementing foreign and security policy goals through development aid, economic assistance and, above all, the generous provision of overseas development assistance (ODA). However, it now seems that Japan is putting military cooperation through upgrading its alliance with the US at the top if its security policy agenda.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
