Date: 2023
Type: Other
The Senkaku Islands and the Pivot in Japanese defence policy
EUI, RSC, Policy Brief, 2023/17, Global Governance Programme, EU-Asia project, [Europe in the World]
MIDFORD, Paul, The Senkaku Islands and the Pivot in Japanese defence policy, EUI, RSC, Policy Brief, 2023/17, Global Governance Programme, EU-Asia project, [Europe in the World] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76099
Retrieved from Cadmus, EUI Research Repository
This policy brief examines the three new national security documents that Japan issued at the end of 2022. It argues that the origins of the changes announced by these documents, including Japan’s plan to increase defense spending by 60% and its decision to acquire a modest counter-strike capability with long-range missiles is not rooted in recent geopolitical develops concerning Ukraine or Taiwan, but is in fact the culmination of a decade long effort to strengthen Japan’s territorial defense, especially of the Senkaku islands. In short, the changes announced in late 2022 represent a doubling down on territorial defense, not the emergence of a direct military role in regional security.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/76099
Full-text via DOI: 10.2870/83684
ISBN: 9789294663757
ISSN: 2467-4540
Series/Number: EUI; RSC; Policy Brief; 2023/17; Global Governance Programme; EU-Asia project; [Europe in the World]
Publisher: European University Institute