RISK STATE
Rethinking Asia and International Relations
Series Editor: Emilian Kavalski,
Australian Catholic University (Sydney)
This series provides thoughtful consideration both of the growing prominence of Asian actors on the global stage and the changes in the study and practice of world affairs that they provoke. It offers a comprehensive parallel assessment of the full spectrum of Asian states, organisations, and regions and their impact on the dynamics of global politics.
The series encourages conversation on:
what rules, norms, and strategic cultures are likely to dominate international life in the Asian Century;
how will global problems be reframed and addressed by a rising Asia;
which institutions, actors, and states are likely to provide leadership during such shifts to the East;
whether there is something distinctly Asian about the emerging patterns of global politics.
Such comprehensive engagement not only offers a critical assessment of the actual and prospective roles of Asian actors, but rethinks the concepts, practices, and frameworks of analysis of world politics.
Other titles in this series
Contentious Integration
Post-Cold War Japan-China Relations in the Asia-Pacific
Chien-peng Chung
The Long Peace of East Asia
Timo Kivimki
Harmonious Intervention
Chinas Quest for Relational Security
Chiung-Chiu Huang and Chih-yu Shih
North Korea and Security Cooperation in Northeast Asia
Edited by Tae-Hwan Kwak and Seung-Ho Joo
Post-Conflict Development in East Asia
Edited by Brendan M. Howe
Risk State
Japans Foreign Policy in an Age of Uncertainty
Edited by
SEBASTIAN MASLOW
Tohoku University, Japan
RA MASON
University of Central Lancashire, UK
PAUL OSHEA
Aarhus University, Denmark
First published 2015 by Ashgate Publishing
Published 2016 by Routledge
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Contents
Ra Mason, Paul OShea and Sebastian Maslow
Paul OShea
Ra Mason and Sebastian Maslow
Key-young Son and Ra Mason
Lorenz Denninger
Kai Schulze
Asami Miyazaki
Yoshiko Yamada and Daniel Clausen
Paul OShea, Ra Mason and Sebastian Maslow
List of Figures
List of Tables
Notes on Contributors
Daniel Clausen is a recent graduate of Florida International Universitys PhD program in International Relations. His research focuses on the domestic political dynamics of Japanese defence policy and Japans pursuit of human security.
Lorenz Denninger is a research fellow at the Institute for East Asian Studies at Freie Universitt Berlin. He is currently working on his dissertation in which he examines Japans politics of counter-terrorism against the backdrop of Tokyos evolving security culture since 2001.
David Leheny is the Henry Wendt III 55 Professor of East Asian Studies at Princeton University. In covering counterterrorism rules and laws, regional security, crime and sexual morality, his numerous publications focus on Japans reaction to and adaption of international norms and standards as prescriptive and constitutive effects on state behaviour.
Sebastian Maslow is a doctoral research fellow at the German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo (DIJ) and a doctoral student at Tohoku Universitys Graduate School of Law where he is completing research on North Koreas impact on Japans foreign and national security policy process. He previously was a research fellow with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and Assistant Professor at Heidelberg Universitys Centre for East Asian Studies.
Ra Mason is lecturer in Asia-Pacific Studies at the University of Central Lancashire, visiting research fellow with the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science at the University of the Ryukyus and an Honorary Fellow of the White Rose East Asia Centre, University of Sheffield. He received a Double-Degree PhD from the University of Sheffield and Tohoku University. His research focuses on Japans risk recalibration towards North Korea, and nationalism in Okinawa.
Asami Miyazaki is lecturer in International Relations, Environmental Politics, and International Public Policy at Kumamoto Gakuen University, Japan. She received a PhD from Osaka University and is currently conducting research on Japans environmental diplomacy and network governance.
Paul OShea is assistant professor at the Department of Culture and Society, Aarhus University, and an honorary research fellow at the White Rose East Asia Centre. His research interests include Japans foreign policy, Sino-Japanese relations, and the concept of sovereignty in relation to territory and territorial disputes.
Kai Schulze is a research fellow affiliated with the Institute for East Asian Studies at Freie Universitt Berlin. He received his PhD from University of Duisburg-Essen in 2013 for his work on changes in Japans foreign policy identity vis--vis a rising China. His current research focuses on Sino-Japanese rivalry in the Middle East. He has presented his research at numerous international conferences.
Key-young Son is Humanities Korea (HK) Professor at the Asiatic Research Institute, Korea University. His areas of research include East Asian politics and constructivist theories. He received his PhD from the University of Sheffield and served as lecturer of Korean Studies at the universitys School of East Asian Studies. His research includes South Korean engagement policies towards North Korea, JapanNorth Korea relations, and Chinese international relations.
Yoshiko Yamada is a graduate of Florida International University with a PhD in International Relations. She is an expert in Japanese Foreign Policy, International Law, and Feminist International Relations Theory. She has presented her research at numerous professional conferences.
