In 1960, the U.S. and Japanese governments signed the new U.S.-Japan security treaty, replacing the old one which had been concluded in 1951. Why did these two governments decide to form the new treaty? While the process of the treaty negotiations which started in 1958 have received abundant scholarly attention, the question of why the two governments decided to launch the negotiations has not been scrutinized. To fill this void, this paper addresses the question and puts forward three main arguments as the reasons behind the formation of the new treaty. First, as the character of the Cold War shifted from military confrontation to political-economic competition in the mid-1950s, American policymakers feared that Japan might disengage itsel...
The role of the United States in the security of Japan is an issue that has received relatively litt...
During the Cold war period, Japan’s diplomacy in East Asia was shaped by the principles underpinning...
In the postwar period the Okinawa problem for many years was a stumbling block in the relations betw...
The early September day in 1951 that brought the Pacific War to an official end, with the signing of...
Japan and the United States, two bitter wartime enemies, have become two of the closest and perhaps...
This paper will discuss the U.S.-Japan alliance following the end of the Cold War. With the U.S.-Jap...
From the 1940s to the 1990s, Japan’s military has undergone serious changes. Reinstitutionalized, de...
During the cold war the United States was overwhelmingly central in Japan's security policy. Japan h...
In many ways, international relations have entered a new phase. The superpowers seem to be moving to...
The meaning of Article 9 of the Japanese constitution renouncing war and military forces has been r...
Outpost Countries\u27in East Asia, such as South Korea and Taiwan, proposed to make \u27anticommunis...
After the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II, the country began to actually rebuild its p...
The US-Japan alliance has contributed significantly towards the development of the Japanese security...
The intent of this study is to assess the role of fundamental Japanese security policy objectives in...
55 p.Sino-Japanese security relations are often described as an uneasy mix of uniting and dividing i...
The role of the United States in the security of Japan is an issue that has received relatively litt...
During the Cold war period, Japan’s diplomacy in East Asia was shaped by the principles underpinning...
In the postwar period the Okinawa problem for many years was a stumbling block in the relations betw...
The early September day in 1951 that brought the Pacific War to an official end, with the signing of...
Japan and the United States, two bitter wartime enemies, have become two of the closest and perhaps...
This paper will discuss the U.S.-Japan alliance following the end of the Cold War. With the U.S.-Jap...
From the 1940s to the 1990s, Japan’s military has undergone serious changes. Reinstitutionalized, de...
During the cold war the United States was overwhelmingly central in Japan's security policy. Japan h...
In many ways, international relations have entered a new phase. The superpowers seem to be moving to...
The meaning of Article 9 of the Japanese constitution renouncing war and military forces has been r...
Outpost Countries\u27in East Asia, such as South Korea and Taiwan, proposed to make \u27anticommunis...
After the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II, the country began to actually rebuild its p...
The US-Japan alliance has contributed significantly towards the development of the Japanese security...
The intent of this study is to assess the role of fundamental Japanese security policy objectives in...
55 p.Sino-Japanese security relations are often described as an uneasy mix of uniting and dividing i...
The role of the United States in the security of Japan is an issue that has received relatively litt...
During the Cold war period, Japan’s diplomacy in East Asia was shaped by the principles underpinning...
In the postwar period the Okinawa problem for many years was a stumbling block in the relations betw...