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Reconceptualising the Asia-Pacific order : Japan's response to strategic uncertainties in the era of Trump
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Abstract
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| This article examines how the perceived US unreliability, especially under the Trump administration, is influencing the security policy behaviour of Japan one of Americas core allies in the Asia-Pacific. By applying Kuiks conceptualisation of hedging, the article explores Tokyos responses to two major strategic uncertainties in the Asia-Pacific. These are associated, on the one hand, with the sustainability of the US security commitments, and, on the other, with future Chinese intentions, especially in the realm of maritime security. The article also assesses the impact of uncertainties on Japans conceptualisation of Asia-Pacific strategic order in the Trump era. The article argues that the Trump-generated strategic uncertainties have intensified Japans long-standing concerns about the durability of Americas regional engagements thereby magnifying Japans China anxieties. This has stimulated Japans rethinking of Asia-Pacific strategic order. While Japan now appears to have reluctantly accepted the prospect of a diminished American role in the region, or of a post-US regional order, it has steadily resisted to consider a more prominent Chinese role in the evolving order. |
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English
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Interdisciplinary political studies / Università degli studi di Trento. Scuola di studi internazionali; Università di Siena. Centro interdipartimentale di ricerca sur cambiamento politico. - Siena, 2011, currens
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Publication
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Siena
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University of Siena
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2018
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2039-8573
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DOI
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10.1285/I20398573V4N1P153
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4
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(2018)
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