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"In dem Beitrag wird das Zusammenspiel von Völkerrecht und Verfassungsrecht in der deutschen und japanischen Außen- und Sicherheitspolitik analysiert. Es werden das in der Charta der Vereinten Nationen verankerte Prinzip der kollektiven Sicherheit und insbesondere die Möglichkeiten von Zwangsmaßnahmen nach Kapitel VII der Charta der Vereinten Nationen betrachtet. Analysiert man die Spannungen, die in den beiden Ländern zwischen nationalem Verfassungsrecht und dem durch die Charta sowie durch bi- und multilaterale Vertragswerke kodierten internationalen Recht bestehen, so ist grundsätzlich festzustellen, dass die internationale Ebene in beiden Fällen nicht in der Lage ist, die verfassungsrechtlich wünschenswerten eindeutigen Hinweise auf das angemessene Verhalten von Staaten zu liefern. Dadurch entsteht in beiden Staaten ein weit reichender Spielraum für politische Entscheidungen." (Autorenreferat

The article explores the theoretical linkage between international crises & national identity-building processes. Japan's security policy since the beginning of the 1990s will be used as a test case. The most obvious finding is that Japan has tried to incrementally change its security posture & engage more actively in international security affairs after three such crises: the North Korean nuclear crisis of 1993, the North Korean missile test of August 1998 & the events of 11 September 2001. It becomes evident that Japan's security policy had already changed significantly before the attacks of 9/11. After September 2001, it irreversibly gained a new quality. On the basis of the empirical findings presented in the article, the author is able to detect an irrefutable nexus between crises & identity change. References. Adapted from the source document.

In order to provide a lens to the issue of international security cooperation after 11 September 2001, this paper will examine the question of how collective action in international relations becomes possible. The author maintains that it is possible to understand, if not explain, a fair amount of inter-state collective action by analyzing the culture of the international system. Using discourse analysis as a tool, the analysis addresses the underlying ideas, norms and identities that constitute the relationship between the United States and Japan on the one hand and Germany and the United States on the other hand as it evolved since September 2001. As a result, the paper argues that even if the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington have led to strong pressure on states like the United States, Germany and Japan to form a collective identity, rivalling identities have yet not given way.

A review essay on books by (1) Yong Deng & Fei-Ling Wang (Eds), China Rising. Power and Motivation in Chinese Foreign Policy (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2005); (2) Ho Khai Leong & Samuel C. Y. Ku (Eds), China and Southeast Asia. Global Changes and Regional Challenges (Singapore: Instit Southeast Asian Studies, 2005); (3) Linus Hagstrom, Japan's China Policy. A Relational Power Analysis (London: Routledge, 2005); & (4) Evelyn Goh, Constructing the U.S. Rapprochement with China, 1961-1974. From "Red Menance" to "Tacit Ally" (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge U Press, 2005).