Hedging for Balancing: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 2010s–2020s
Since the 2000s, Japan has pursued a balancing strategy towards China by strengthening the US–Japan alliance. Nonetheless, the relative decline in the United States’ global strategic influence has compelled Japan to adopt a “security hedging” approach. Japan seeks to strengthen strategic relations w...
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| description | Since the 2000s, Japan has pursued a balancing strategy towards China by strengthening the US–Japan alliance. Nonetheless, the relative decline in the United States’ global strategic influence has compelled Japan to adopt a “security hedging” approach. Japan seeks to strengthen strategic relations with non-US security partners both within and beyond the Indo-Pacific region, diversifying the risks of diplomatic overdependence on the United States while continuing to fortify military cooperation with it. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-1cf41e52131742a584b41aeae81a0d1d2025-01-20T06:24:50ZengWorld Scientific PublishingEast Asian Policy1793-93052251-31752024-12-011604294410.1142/S1793930524000266Hedging for Balancing: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 2010s–2020sKei KOGASince the 2000s, Japan has pursued a balancing strategy towards China by strengthening the US–Japan alliance. Nonetheless, the relative decline in the United States’ global strategic influence has compelled Japan to adopt a “security hedging” approach. Japan seeks to strengthen strategic relations with non-US security partners both within and beyond the Indo-Pacific region, diversifying the risks of diplomatic overdependence on the United States while continuing to fortify military cooperation with it.https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S1793930524000266 |
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| title | Hedging for Balancing: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 2010s–2020s |
| title_full | Hedging for Balancing: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 2010s–2020s |
| title_fullStr | Hedging for Balancing: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 2010s–2020s |
| title_full_unstemmed | Hedging for Balancing: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 2010s–2020s |
| title_short | Hedging for Balancing: Japan’s Foreign Policy in the 2010s–2020s |
| title_sort | hedging for balancing japan s foreign policy in the 2010s 2020s |
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