This thesis asks why Japan decided to procure BMD if it meant building an infrastructure which, because of its technological nature, had the potential to disrupt Japan’s preferred security strategy of hedging, that is, maintaining ambiguity of commitment, vis-à-vis China and the US.The investigation was divided into three parts dealing with the following questions – Why did Japan's BMD procurement matter? Who mattered? Why were the BMD and related decisions made? Such a structure of research was informed by “neoclassical realism,” according to which the relative material power of a country sets the parameters of its foreign policy, but the policy choices within these international constraints are made by political elites.A range of policyma...
This paper compares the South Korean Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) to the Japanese one with a focu...
In this paper, the hypothesis challenges, “Will Japan develop Nuclear weapons?” The research of this...
Two recent events--the collapse of the Soviet Union and the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001--...
This thesis asks why Japan decided to procure BMD if it meant building an infrastructure which, beca...
Japan’s shift to balancing through the deployment of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in 2003 is not ...
In the peak of the Cold War rival super powers ensured the stability of North East Asia. The United ...
As a result of constitutional restrictions on its use of military force, Japan has long held a reput...
Japan's future trajectory in security policy and the extent of deviation from the post-war course of...
The intent of this study is to assess the role of fundamental Japanese security policy objectives in...
Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are currently facing a progressively tense international secur...
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) is a significant and controversial security issue in the world today...
The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, it seeks to analyse certain aspects associated with the th...
Despite the worsening security situation in East Asia, in 2020, Japan suddenly and abruptly canceled...
For some years, Japan has pursued its own missile defense system in cooperation with the United Stat...
In many ways, international relations have entered a new phase. The superpowers seem to be moving to...
This paper compares the South Korean Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) to the Japanese one with a focu...
In this paper, the hypothesis challenges, “Will Japan develop Nuclear weapons?” The research of this...
Two recent events--the collapse of the Soviet Union and the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001--...
This thesis asks why Japan decided to procure BMD if it meant building an infrastructure which, beca...
Japan’s shift to balancing through the deployment of Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) in 2003 is not ...
In the peak of the Cold War rival super powers ensured the stability of North East Asia. The United ...
As a result of constitutional restrictions on its use of military force, Japan has long held a reput...
Japan's future trajectory in security policy and the extent of deviation from the post-war course of...
The intent of this study is to assess the role of fundamental Japanese security policy objectives in...
Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are currently facing a progressively tense international secur...
Ballistic missile defense (BMD) is a significant and controversial security issue in the world today...
The aim of this thesis is twofold. First, it seeks to analyse certain aspects associated with the th...
Despite the worsening security situation in East Asia, in 2020, Japan suddenly and abruptly canceled...
For some years, Japan has pursued its own missile defense system in cooperation with the United Stat...
In many ways, international relations have entered a new phase. The superpowers seem to be moving to...
This paper compares the South Korean Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) to the Japanese one with a focu...
In this paper, the hypothesis challenges, “Will Japan develop Nuclear weapons?” The research of this...
Two recent events--the collapse of the Soviet Union and the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001--...