Middle or Muddle: Whither Post-Abe Japan?

In: East Asian Policy, Band 14, Heft 1, S. 71-84

Abstract

The brief political disruption in October 2021 that put Kishida Fumio as Japan's prime minister may restore an ideological balance within the Liberal Democratic Party, a conservative party whose strength lies in its ability to be a broad church of views on issues related to foreign and security policies. This would be important to the Indo-Pacific region where events will be shaped largely by the contests between China and the United States.