The EU-Japan partnership in the shadow of China: the crisis of liberalism
In: European Institute of Japanese Studies, East Asian Economics & Business series 13
Introduction : now or never? / Marie Söderberg, Axel Berkofsky, Christopher W. Hughes and Paul Midford -- The strategic partnership agreement : new and better or more the same EU-Japan security cooperation? / Axel Berkofsky -- Abe's pro-active pacifism, values diplomacy, China, and EU-Japan political and security cooperation / Paul Midford -- Ordinary/civilian, not normative/post-modern : lessons from the EU for Japanese security policy / Paul Bacon and Hidetoshi Nakamura -- Japan and EU defence production cooperation : a strategically important but nascent relationship / Christopher W. Hughes -- EU-Japan relations in the age of competitive economic governance in Asia / Maaike Okano-Heijmans and Terada Takashi -- Taking the lead in current and future trade relationships / Patricia A. Nelson -- Negative interest rate policy by the Bank of Japan from the perspective of monetary policy in Europe / Markus Heckel -- EU and Japanese aid and trade : legitimising "Chinese democrary" in ASEAN / André Asplund -- Japan and the EU : SDGs and changing patterns of development cooperation / Marie Söderberg -- The evolution of America's implicit support of EU-Japan security relations / Jeffrey W. Hornung -- From "wider west" to "strategic alliance" : an assessment of China's influence in EU-Japan relations / Lilei Song and Liang Gai -- Conclusions : the way forward