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Japan's Middle East policy: ‘still mercantile realism’

Miyagi, Yukiko

Authors

Yukiko Miyagi



Abstract

Japan's vital interests, both its energy security and US alliance, are at stake in the Middle East. Change in Japan's Middle East policy is charted over three periods, from a stance independent of the United States to one increasingly aligned with US policy. This is explained in terms of four variables: level of US hegemony, threats in East Asia, energy vulnerabilities in the Middle East, and normative change inside Japan. Japan's policy in Middle East/North Africa reflects its general move toward a more militarily enhanced version of mercantile realism.

Citation

Miyagi, Y. (2012). Japan's Middle East policy: ‘still mercantile realism’. International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, 12(2), 287-315. https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcr022

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date May 1, 2012
Deposit Date Apr 11, 2012
Journal International Relations of the Asia-Pacific
Print ISSN 1470-482X
Electronic ISSN 1470-4838
Publisher Oxford University Press
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 12
Issue 2
Pages 287-315
DOI https://doi.org/10.1093/irap/lcr022