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"This book analyses Japan's security policy after the Cold War and engages with the question of whether, since the Cold War ended, Japan has again become a global security player. The contributions to the book explore Japan's security policy by providing a detailed overview of the evolution of Japan's security policy after the Cold War, including the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty and the Senkaku/Daioyu Islands dispute. It also reveals the preeminent security concerns of contemporary Japan by delving into regional security issues such as the Layered Security of Okinawa, the increasing nuclear threat from North Korea, and the Taiwan Strait Crisis of 1995-6. The book culminates by discussing security in terms of the essential functions of energy, food, and human security, including an assessment of Japan's energy policy since World War II and an assessment of the impact food security on Japan's agriculture and trade. This book will be of interest to student and scholars of East Asian Politics, Security Studies and the International Relations of the Asia Pacific. It is also a valuable resource for diplomats and policymakers on Japan and East Asia"--

"This book provides a detailed analysis of the evolution of Russia's security policy. Based on extensive original research, including an analysis of official documents, political and military elite speeches, interviews, and reports, and considering the subject from the early twentieth century onwards, the book evaluates how far Russia's security policy is underpinned by "strategic asymmetry" - the acceptance by Russia of its inferior military position, and the pursuit of its strategic aims through the application of a variety of methods, military and non-military, including the manipulation of public opinion, the use of economic leverage and external security approaches - known as Russia's "hybrid war operations" - to gain the advantage over a militarily and economically superior adversary. The book discusses how Russia's security policy has been and is being applied in specific cases, including the present war in Ukraine, the Russian anti-satellite program and Russia's contemporary Afghan policy. The aim of the book is to explain how and why Russia uses different security strategies and methods using these three cases"--

Intro -- GERMAN FOREIGNAND SECURITY POLICY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- GERMAN FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY:TRENDS AND TRANSATLANTIC IMPLICATIONS* -- Germany in the EU -- Summary -- Introduction -- Current Domestic Context -- Foundations of German Foreign Policy -- Multilateralism As National Interest -- Germany in the EU and NATO - The "Middle Path -- Germany in the United Nations -- Evolving Domestic Debate -- EU Enlargement -- Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) and Relations with Russia -- European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) -- European Leadership and Franco-German Relations -- Evolving Security and Defense Policy -- Germany in NATO -- Force Transformation and Bundeswehr Reform -- Transatlantic Implications -- Appendix 1. Selected Issues in U.S.-GermanRelations - Current Status -- Economic Ties -- Counterterrorism Cooperation -- The Middle East60 -- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict and Lebanon -- Iraq -- Untitled -- Afghanistan -- GERMANY AND EUROPE:NEW DEAL OR DÉJÀ VU?+ -- Notre Europe -- Preliminary Remarks and Acknowledgments -- I. Germany and Europe: Structure of a Relationship -- 1.1. Germany's Europe Policy: What It Was and What It Is -- 1.2. The Germans and Europe: Felt Impressions -- 1.2.1. The Population -- 1.2.2. The Parties -- THE CDU/CSU -- The SPD -- The Green Party, The FDP -- The Others: The Left (die Linke, PDS) the DVU, the NPD -- II. Objectives of the German EU Presidency -- 2.1. The Spring Summit -- 2.2. The Special Summit for the 50th Anniversary of the Treaty of Rome -- 2.3. The June Summit -- 2.4. The Neighbourhood Policy's Objectives -- 2.5. A "New Ostpolitik" for the EU -- III. The German-French Duo: A (Quick) Look back and forward -- 3.1. From Europe's Engine to Locomotive without Carriages -- 3.2. France, Seen by Germany -- 3.3. Keys to Re-launching the European Project -- Previously Published Studies.

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