Japan, Internationalism and the UN

by Dore,R. P.

• ISBN13: 9780415166478
• ISBN10: 0415166470
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1997-11-05
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

What do the Japanese really want their diplomacy to achieve for them? Are they content to be subordinate partners in alliance with the US? What is behind all of their disputes about the nature of their 'international contribution'? What do they mean by a 'UN-centred foreign policy'? Why is the miserably traduced Article 9 of the "Peace Constitution" such a central symbol in contemporary politics? Ronal Dore gives his answers to these questions in what was originally a contribution to Japanese debate, first written in Japanese and now supplemented in this English edition by comments from a number of leading Japanese thinkers. Japan, Internationalism and the UN provides a unique insight into Japan's foreign policy and its related domestic politics. It is the product of nearly half a century of study and discussion with the Japanese themselves about their place in the world.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	p. vii
Preface to the English Edition	p. ix
Preface to the Japanese Original	p. xxxii
The Argument	p. 1
Philosophies of History	p. 3
The Early Stirrings of Internationalism	p. 16
The Birth of the United Nations	p. 29
The Use of Armed Force	p. 37
The Enactment of Japan's Peace Constitution	p. 52
From the World's United Nations to the United Nations as No Man's Land	p. 60
The Revival of the Un	p. 81
Japan's International Role and the Constitution	p. 95
A Un-Centred Foreign Policy and Bilateral Relations	p. 112
The Restructuring and Strengthening of the Un	p. 126
Other Points of View	p. 141
Wanting to Throw off a Nasty Burden, but Suppressing the Urge	p. 143
Contributions, Yes, but Geared to the Complex Needs of a Complex World	p. 148
To Die for High Principle?	p. 156
Economic and Cultural Rather Than Military Contributions	p. 160
The Need to Wait for a Generation Change	p. 162
Limits on the Spirit of Self-Sacrifice	p. 169
The Advantages of Diversity	p. 171
The Fork in the Road	p. 176
Notes	p. 178
Index	p. 185
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