Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Aland Experience: Untying the Kurillian Knot

by Hara; Kimie

• ISBN13: 9780415484091
• ISBN10: 041548409X
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-17
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Examining the origin and development of the "Northern Territories"/Southern Kuriles sovereignty dispute, this volume is the first to take inspiration from the multilaterally resolved Aland conflict to investigate the possibility of a solution.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	p. xi
Notes on contributors	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xvii
Foreword	p. xix
Acknowledgements	p. xxi
List of abbreviations	p. xxiii
Introduction: Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific regional conflicts and the Åland experience: untying the Kurillian knot	p. 1
The autonomy of Åland and conflict resolution	p. 15
The Northern Territories issue: Japanese-Russian relations and domestic concerns in Japan	p. 25
The territorial dispute between Japan and Russia: the "two-island solution" and Putin's last years as President	p. 39
The Cold War in East Asia and the Northern Territories problem	p. 52
Can the Southern Kuriles be demilitarized?	p. 62
US views on the Northern Territories issue	p. 83
The indigenous Ainu of Japan at the time of the Åland settlement	p. 94
Solving the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia: the Åland Islands and Finland's post-World War II experiences as a source of inspiration	p. 106
Envisioning Åland-inspired solutions for the Northern Territories problem	p. 113
Notes	p. 125
Index	p. 141
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