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> Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2005 10:52:13 +0200
> From: Verena Blechinger-Talcott <vblechin -!
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> Subject: Talk on Japanese security policy, June 30
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> You are cordially invited to the following presentation:
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> Japan's Reemergence as a "Normal" Military Power?
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> Dr. Chris Hughes, Centre for the Study of Globalisation and
> Regionalisation, University of Warwick
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> Thursday, June 30, 2005, 6:15 pm
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> Berlin Free University, Institute of East Studies,
> Ehrenbergstr. 26-28, 14195 Berlin, Room 009
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> Is Japan reemerging as a great, or 'normal', military power in regional
> and global security affairs? Japan's decisions about whether to continue
> strengthening its bilateral alliance with the US; to seek an enhanced
> role in multilateral security frameworks; or, to carve out a more
> autonomous defence role, will have a crucial influence upon security
> affairs in East Asia and beyond. This talk seeks to assess the overall
> trajectory of Japan's security policy over the last decade including the
> reaction to the 'war on terror' and the impact of a changing Japanese
> military posture on the stability of East Asia . The talk examines
> Japan's evolving security debate in the context of a shifting
> international strategic environment and domestic policy-making system.
> It investigates the status of Japan's national military capabilities,
> doctrines, and constitutional prohibitions; developments in the US-Japan
> alliance post-Cold War and post-9/11; and Japan's role in multilateral
> regional security dialogue, UN PKO, and US-led 'coalitions of the
> willing' in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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> The talk will argue that Japan is becoming a more assertive military
> power and that this trend has accelerated post-9/11. Japan is poised to
> undertake new and expanded military responsibilities but it is unlikely
> to channel its military power through significantly different frameworks
> than at present. Japan will opt for the enhanced, and probably
> inextricable, integration of its military capabilities into the US-Japan
> alliance rather than pursuing options for greater autonomy or
> multilateralism. Japan's strengthened role as the defensive shield for
> the offensive sword of US power projection will only serve to bolster US
> military hegemony in East Asia and globally.
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> Dr. Chris Hughes is Senior Research Fellow and Deputy Director at the
> Center for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation at the
> University of Warwick. His research interests include Japanese foreign
> and security policy, Japanese international political economy,
> regionalism in East Asia, post-Cold War traditional and non-traditional
> security policy, and North Korea's external political and economic
> relations. The author of many journal articles and book chapters, his
> recent books include "Japan's Economic Power and Security: Japan and
> North Korea" (Routledge, 1999), "Japan's Security Agenda: Military,
> Economic and Environmental Dimensions" (Lynne Rienner, 2003), and
> "Japan's Reemergence as a 'Normal' Military Power?" (Oxford University
> Press, 2004)..
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> ----
> Verena Blechinger-Talcott
> Professor of Japanese Politics and Political Economy
> Institute for East Asian Studies
> Berlin Free University
> Ehrenbergstraße 26-28
> 14195 Berlin
> Phone ++49-(0)30-838-57104
> Fax ++49-(0)30-838-57114
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