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Introduction 1. Anglo-Japanese Relationship and Korea before the Imo Mutiny 2. The Imo Crisis and Its Aftermath, July 1882-April 1884 3. East Asian Crises, Phase One: May 1884-October 1885 4. East Asian Crises, Phase Two: November 1885-February 1887 5. The Post-Crises Order in East Asia, March 1887-July 1892 6. The Road to the First Sino-Japanese War, August 1892-July 1894 7. The First Sino-Japanese War and Anglo-Japanese Relations Conclusion

The article examines the problem of relations between the General and the Unique in the social and political sciences. The author highlights the different views on this perspective: some scientists explain specific cases by bringing them under general theories and laws while others researchers emphasize that each case, each phenomenon is unique and shouldn't be generalization. The author theorizes that there is a methodological bridge between the generalizing spirit of social science and uniqueness of events and cases.

The text of an analysis on Burundi presented by Mr. René Lemarchand on September 22, 1988 before the Africa Subcommittee of the United States House of Representatives was published in the 1989 winter number of ISSUE. As noted, more precise research has been published since this date on the Ntega and Marangara events by people who actually went to "revisit" the country, which is not the case of Mr. Lemarchand, since his last visit to Bujumbura was in autumn 1973.

Unpacking the puzzle -- Norms, ideas, and state policy : a theoretical framework -- Key concepts : opposing ideas and domestic and international norms in Japan -- Japan's arms trade ban policy -- The arms trade ban policy during the Cold War : shared norm, different ideas -- Relaxing the arms trade ban policy in the post-Cold War period : the influence of international trends -- Japan's peacekeeping policy -- Dispatching the Self-Defence Forces in the Cold War period : divisive ideas in domestic politics -- The Gulf War and Japan's participation in United Nations peacekeeping operations : the internalisation of an international norm -- Japan's evolving peacekeeping policy in the post-Cold War period : Interaction between domestic and international norms -- Japan's evolving military roles -- Japan's expanding security roles in the1990s and 2000s : the emergence of collective security -- Peace and security legislation : Regulative effects of a domestic norm -- Conclusions.