This study examines how Japanese policy toward Middle East security issues is shaped by the need to both maintain Japan's security alliance with the US and its oil relationship with states in the Middle East. Yukiko Miyagi introduces the historic roots of Japan's policy, and then focuses on the major contemporary cases -- the Iraq war, the Iranian nuclear crisis, and the Arab-Israeli conflict, to expose and explain how clashing interests and dilemmas were negotiated to arrive at policy outcomes. The author also sheds light on the utility of mainstream International Relations theories for understanding Japan's behaviour. How do we understand the policy of a self-declared 'anti-militarist' state forced to operate in a realist world and for whom energy supplies are a matter of vital national security? This study shows how neither realism nor its rivals, such as constructivism, can wholly explain Japan's behaviour and suggests a theoretical framework for doing so. Filling a major gap in our understanding of an increasingly important area of study Japan's Middle East Security Policy is an essential read for those interested in Japan's International Relations, Middle East politics, security studies and foreign policy.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN-13
9780415458788
eBay Product ID (ePID)
95830217
Product Key Features
Author
Yukiko Miyagi
Publication Name
Japan's Middle East Security Policy: Theory and Cases
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
Government
Publication Year
2008
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
156mm
Item Weight
476g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Yukiko Miyagi
Series Title
The University of Sheffield/Routledge Japanese Studies Series