Japan's security policy: from a peace state to an international state

Singh, Bhubhindar

doi:10.1080/09512740802134141

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“…The figure illustrates the transposition in identity salience from a peace state to a civilian power, to a humanitarian power and perhaps, eventually, to a normal state. It follows the processes and patterns of militarisation and internationalisation in terms of Japan's security identities (Singh 2008). At the same time, it acknowledges that a long way still remains before Japan could ever achieve fullscale remilitarisation (Takao 2008), which can be expected as a concomitant of the normal state identity.…”

Section: Identities Norms and Policy Practicesmentioning

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Transposition in Japanese state identities: overseas troop dispatches and the emergence of a humanitarian power?

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Son²

2013

Australian Journal of International Affairs

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This article aims to illustrate the trajectory of Japan's security identity transposition. As one of the catalysts in identity transposition, it focuses on the constitutive roles of norms regulating Japan's overseas dispatches of the Self-Defense Forces (SDF). Whilst keeping the identities of 'a peace state' and 'a civilian power', the authors argue that Japan has crafted a new security identity after the end of the cold war and the 9/11 terrorist attacks*namely, 'an international humanitarian power'. As evidence of this transposition, the authors illustrate a dramatic increase in the number of overseas SDF dispatches on humanitarian missions, and the shift of domestic and foreign responses to it. The authors note that Japan has been on the road to remilitarisation and internationalisation during the past four decades through the enactments of laws for overseas SDF dispatches, the general public's shift of attitude on the SDF's roles, the evolution of the alliance in a more operational direction, and the creation of threats from North Korea

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Section: Identities Norms and Policy Practicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Transposition in Japanese state identities: overseas troop dispatches and the emergence of a humanitarian power?

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Son²

2013

Australian Journal of International Affairs

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“…I senere tid har nyklassiske realister nyansert de realistiske argumentene, gjennom å trekke veksler på interne forhold i Japan, samtidig som man vektlegger realistiske nøkkelbegreper som anarki, trusler og sikkerhetsbalanse (Heginbotham og Samuels 1998;Midford 2002;Lind 2004;Samuels 2007aSamuels , 2007bHughes 2009b). 1990-tallets normkonstruktivisme er også videreført i en større litteratur (Catalinac 2007;Ashizawa 2008;Oros 2008Oros , 2014Oros , 2015Singh 2008Singh , 2013Rozman 2012Rozman , 2013.…”

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Kampen om idémessige forklaringer på japansk sikkerhetspolitikk: Kina i Japans identitetskonstruksjon

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2016

Internasjonal Politikk

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“…Oros (2008) argues that while Japan has been actively involved in security affairs in the post-Cold War period, the same Cold War 'security identity of domestic antimilitarism' remains (2008: 171À172). Taking a slightly different position, Singh (2008) claims that Japan's proactive security policy can be best explained by employing the concept of a normative shift from a 'peace state' to an 'international state ' (2008: 306). The international norm of 'collective security' and the emergence of revisionists on the domestic political scene inspired Japan's peacekeeping policy (2011).…”

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Japan's peacekeeping policy: Strategic calculation or internalization of an international norm?

Hatakeyama¹

2014

The Pacific Review

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With the Gulf War as a trigger, Japan began to make a humanitarian contribution by dispatching the Self Defense Forces to United Nations peacekeeping operations. Given Japan's strong hesitation for participation in the past, Japan's peacekeeping policy presents an intriguing challenge to examine the factors for a preference change and sustained compliance. By investigating Japan's peacekeeping policies towards East Timor and Haiti, this article examines how Japan's behavior and preferences were influenced by either internalized norms or cost/benefit calculations. While norm-driven behavior is considered to be incompatible with strategic calculated behavior, the article demonstrates that these two factors can co-exist.

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Japan's security policy: from a peace state to an international state

Cited by 24 publications

References 30 publications

Transposition in Japanese state identities: overseas troop dispatches and the emergence of a humanitarian power?

Transposition in Japanese state identities: overseas troop dispatches and the emergence of a humanitarian power?

Kampen om idémessige forklaringer på japansk sikkerhetspolitikk: Kina i Japans identitetskonstruksjon

Japan's peacekeeping policy: Strategic calculation or internalization of an international norm?

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