The latest edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations.

Japan's Security Agenda explores the country's diplomatic, political, military, and economic concerns and policies within this new context.

In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civilmilitary relations, domestic and international militaryindustrial complexes, Japans procurement of regional and global power-projection capabilities, the ...

Is Japan re-emerging as a normal, or even a great, military power in regional and global security affairs?

Japan is emerging as a more prominent global and regional military power, defying traditional categorisations of a minimalist contribution to the US-Japan alliance, maintaining anti-militarism, seeking an internationalist role, or carving ...

In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civilâe"military relations, domestic and international militaryâe"industrial complexes, Japanâe(tm)s procurement of regional and global power-projection ...

The new edition of this comprehensive and user-friendly textbook provides a single volume resource for all those studying Japan's international relations.

Japan is shifting onto a new trajectory for a more muscular national security policy, US-Japan alliance ties functioning for regional and global security, and the encirclement of China's influence in East Asia.

This reader brings together key contributions from many of the leading scholars in the field, offering students an informed overview of the most significant work in security studies.