Japan, Australia And Asia-pacific Security

by Williams; Brad

• ISBN13: 9780415381390
• ISBN10: 0415381398
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-08-09
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The threats to security in Southeast Asia have been serious and constant since the end of World War II. This book provides an absorbing account of the evolution of a key axis of regional stability - defense contacts between Japan and Australia, tracing the relationship from the early post-war period to the post-9/11 present. Though most works have focused on their economic nexus, Japan and Australia's defenses and security ties have assumed increasing importance since the mid-1990s. With problems such as North Koreas nuclear program and the China-Taiwan standoff threatening regional stability, the two countries have sought to strengthen bilateral relations, and indications are that this relationship is likely to grow in the future. Filling a gap in the existing literature, the book explores the evolution of their relationship in the broader context of Asia-Pacific security, addressing regional, sub-regional and transnational issues. Paying particular attention to how the US, the UN and theevents of 9/11 have impacted on bilateral defense contacts and regional security dynamics, the book will be welcomed by those with an interest in Asian politics, international relations, and security studies.

Table of Contents

List of contributors	vii
Foreword by Alison Tokita	ix
List of abbreviations	xii
Introduction: the US and UN in Australia-Japan defence and security cooperation	1	(8)
BRAD WILLIAMS AND ANDREW NEWMAN
1 Australia-Japan and the region, 1952-65: the beginnings of security policy networks	9	(21)
DAVID WALTON
2 Japan, Australia and ASPAC: the rise and fall of an Asia-Pacific cooperative security framework	30	(17)
C.W. BRADDICK
3 Japanese security perceptions of Australia	47	(23)
NAOKO SAJIMA
4 The 'anchors': collaborative security, substance or smokescreen?	70	(19)
WILLIAM T. TOW AND RUSSELL TROOD
5 American acolytes: Tokyo, Canberra and Washington's emerging 'Pacific Axis'	89	(18)
PURNENDRA JAIN AND JOHN BRUNI
6 Australia-Japan security cooperation: the Proliferation Security Initiative	107	(20)
ANDREW NEWMAN AND BRAD WILLIAMS
7 Japan and the War on Terror: opportunity costs	127	(17)
DAVID WRIGHT-NEVILLE
8 Perspectives on UN peacekeeping collaboration between Japan and Australia	144	(20)
KATSUMI ISHIZUKA
9 Security cooperation between Japan and Australia: current elements and future prospects	164	(22)
DESMOND BALL
Selected Bibliography	186	(6)
Index	192