Reconstructing Japan's Security Policy: The Role of Military Crises

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Bhubhindar Singh (Associate Professor in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

Reconstructing Japan's Security Policy

The Role of Military Crises

Bhubhindar Singh (Associate Professor in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)

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English

Edinburgh University Press
03 February 2021

International relations; Warfare & defence; Theory of warfare & military science; Defence strategy, planning & research

Systematically analyses the impact of external military crises on Japanese security policy expansion in the post-Cold War period. Focuses on the widening of Japan's security posture in external security affairs and investigates the causes of this critical changeIdentifies the external military crisis as a critical determinant of change in Japanese security policyUnpacks the deep structures within the Japanese decision-making processes, especially during and after military crisesExamines five keymilitary crisesin detail: the 1990-1 Persian Gulf War; the 1994 North Korean Nuclear Crisis; the 1996 Taiwan Straits Crisis, the 1998 Taepodong Crisis; and 2001 September 11 attacks that led to the US-led war against terrorism in Afghanistan and IraqDraws on over 70 interviews the author has conducted with officials, former officials, and academics in universities and think tanks in Japan, the United States, South Korea and Singapore, including officials who were directly involved in the crisis decision-making processThis book is a detailed study of the role that external military crises played in the development and growth of Japanese security policies in the period following the end of the Cold War.

This evolution can be seen in the widened role of the Self-Defence Force (SDF) in shaping Japan's security priorities, as well as its proactive contribution to regional/ international security. Focusing on four key case studies

international peacekeeping in 1992, regional defence in 1997-99, global missions in 2003-05, and collective self-defence in 2014-15

the author argues that the Japanese security policymaking elite achieved security policy expansion by utilizing external military crises as policy windows, inflating and deflating threat elements to circumvent the constraints and justify the implementation of security policy initiatives.

By: Bhubhindar Singh (Associate Professor in the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) Nanyang Technological University Singapore)
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 472g
ISBN: 9781474446228
ISBN 10: 1474446221
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 03 February 2021
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Chapter 1: A Case for Crisis in Japanese Security PolicymakingThe DebateA Case for External Military CrisesContributionStructure Chapter 2: ‘Crisis is what a State Makes of it’Threat Construction ProcessCasesSources Chapter 3: International Peacekeeping The CrisisThe ‘Crisis’ in the CrisisThreat ConstructionSecurity Policy Development Chapter 4: Regional DefenceThe CrisesThe ‘Crisis’ in the CrisesThreat ConstructionSecurity Policy Development Chapter 5: Global Missions The CrisisThe ‘Crisis’ in the CrisisThreat ConstructionSecurity Policy Development Chapter 6: Collective Self-DefenceThe CrisisThe ‘Crisis’ in the CrisisThreat ConstructionSecurity Policy Development Chapter 7: Summary, Implications and the US-China CompetitionImplications on Japanese Security Policy PracticeJapan and the US-China Competition Bibliography

Bhubhindar Singh is Associate Professor and Head of the Graduate Programmes Office at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. He has written for European Journal of International Relations, Asian Security and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, among others. His previous monograph, Japan’s Security Identity: From a Peace-State to an International-State, was published by Routledge in 2013.

Reviews for Reconstructing Japan's Security Policy: The Role of Military Crises

Bhubhindar Singh's timely monograph is an important piece of scholarship and a welcome addition to the constructivist literature devoted to Japan's foreign policy.--Alexander Bukh, Victoria University of Wellington ""Asian Studies Review""