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This extremely thorough and broad-ranging study analyses the complex issues involved in the development of co-operative economic relationships between Russia and its Asia-Pacific neighbours.

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How stable is the US-Japan security alliance in the post-Cold War era? Have the "end of history", the "end of the Cold War", the end of a "hegemonic world", and the "end of geography" (or the beginning of a borderless world economy) so altered the national security needs and priorities of the United States and Japan that they no longer need or desire the security alliance they have maintained since 1952? Will the alliance remain the anchor of Japanese and US policies in the Asia-Pacific region? In the age of multilateralism, will the two countries seek multilateral alternatives that will replace the bilateral alliance? In this brief analysis, I will review the ongoing debate in Japan and in the United States concerning the future of the US-Japan security alliance in the post-Cold War era.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5564/mjia.v4i0.415 Mongolian Journal of International Affairs Vol.4 2007: 3-20

L'après-guerre a incité Tokyo à développer un soft power assurant sa présence internationale : aide au développement, participation limitée aux opérations de maintien de la paix... Ce soft power montre aujourd'hui ses limites. Le Japon hésite à s'ouvrir à une véritable politique d'immigration, à la négociation d'accords régionaux de libre-échange, tandis que les recompositions régionales valorisent le recours au hard power : alliance américaine et renforcement des moyens militaires. politique étrangère

North Korea became an urgent problem for Japan as a result of the 1994 nuclear crisis in North Korea, the 1998 missile launch over Japan and the 2003—4 nuclear crisis. At the historic Tokyo—Pyongyang summit in September 2002, both sides acknowledged the need to solve the security issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula through peaceful, multilateral efforts. However, the issue of North Korean abduction of Japanese citizens in earlier decades intensified Japanese sentiment against the North and this issue halted bilateral normalization talks. Japan has participated in six-party talks on the nuclear issue since 2004, but its distinct bilateral interests vis-à-vis North Korea, South Korea and the United States limit its influence in the multiparty engagement.

Japan's environmental policy has shifted its focus from domestic pollution control in the 1960s and 70s to global environmental policy initiatives in the 1990s, most visibly demonstrated by its hosting of the Kyoto conference on global warming in 1997. This article reviews the nation's effort to restructure its environmental administration and policy since the 1990s and assesses its promises and shortcomings. The discussion includes administrative reform and its impact on environmental policy, Japan's domestic and diplomatic responses to global warming, environmental ODA, and the public's environmental consciousness. It concludes that the administrative restructuring that took place at the beginning of 2001 is but one part of the change Japan needs to undergo in order to realize its goal of sustainable development at home and to live up to the promises its environmental diplomacy has made, including the successful implementation of the Kyoto Protocol.