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Introduction / James Brown and Jeff Kingston -- Section I. Foundations -- Japan's foreign relations in Cold War Asia 1945-1990 / Jeff Kingston -- International relations theory and Japanese foreign policy / Gilbert Rozman -- Section II. Regional themes -- Evolution or new doctrine? Japanese security policy in the era of collective self-defense / Daniel Sneider -- Japan's security policy in the context of the US-Japan alliance: the emergence of an "Abe Doctrine" / Christopher Hughes -- Japan's disarmament tightropes and triangulation / Brad Glosserman -- China's grandiose maritime ambitions challenge Japan / Howard French -- Japan's aspirational idea of inherency / Alexis Dudden -- "Commitment by presence": naval diplomacy and Japanese defense engagement in Southeast Asia / Alessio Patalano -- The triumph of hope over experience: the false promise of Japanese soft power in East Asia / Thomas Berger -- Japan's multilateralism in Asia / Tina Burrett -- Japan's reconciliation diplomacy in North East Asia / Kazuhiko Togo -- Japan's rivalry with China in Southeast Asia: ODA, AIIB, infrastructural projects, Mekong Basin and the disputed South China Sea / Lam Peng Er -- Section III. Bilateral relations -- China in Japan's nation-state identity / Haruko Satoh -- Post-Cold War Sino-Japanese relations and Japan's China policy: the rise of strategic realism / Giulio Pugliese -- Shadow boxing: Japan's para-diplomacy with Taiwan / Jeff Kingston -- Sour partners: Japan and South Korea's uncomfortable compromise for cooperation / Cheol Hee Park -- Japan-North Korea relations / Aurelia George Mulgan -- Japan's foreign relations with Russia: unfulfilled potential / James D. J. Brown -- Japan's post-Cold War foreign policy toward Indonesia / Jun Honna -- Japanese-Thai relations: on a chessboard of domestic and regional politics / Pavin Chachavalpongpun -- The evolution of Japan-Myanmar relations since 1988 / Ryan Hartley -- Japan's foreign relations with the Philippines: a case of evolving Japan in Asia / Yusuke Takagi and Maria Thaemar Tana -- Japan-Vietnam relations: implementation of the "strategic partnership" / Nakano Ari -- Japan's foreign relations with India / Varun Tomar and Giorgio Shani.

Interest groups in China's environmental foreign relations -- From ecological modernisation to environmental nationalism -- A tale of two treaties -- Selective sharing in bilateral environmental cooperation -- The rise of ecological civilisation -- Conclusion : a constructivist utilitarian power?

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