Hughes, Christopher W. (2012) The democratic party of Japan's new (but failing) grand security strategy : from "reluctant realism" to "resentful realism"? Journal of Japanese Studies, Vol.38 (No.1). pp. 109-140. doi:10.1353/jjs.2012.0006

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Abstract

This essay challenges the dominant negative critiques of the foreign policy of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). The DPJ possesses a coherent grand strategy vision, capable of securing Japan's national interests in an age of multipolarity and centered on a less dependent and more proactive role in the U.S.-Japan alliance, strengthened Sino-Japanese ties, and enhanced East Asian regionalism. However, the DPJ has failed to implement its policy due to domestic and international structural pressures. Consequently, the DPJ is defaulting back into a strategy in the style of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Japanese and U.S. policymakers should recognize the risks of a strategy characterized not by "reluctant realism" but by more destabilizing "resentful realism."

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DS Asia H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare J Political Science > JZ International relations
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Japanese Studies
Publisher:	Society for Japanese Studies
ISSN:	0095-6848
Official Date:	January 2012
Dates:	Date Event January 2012 Published
Volume:	Vol.38
Number:	No.1
Page Range:	pp. 109-140
DOI:	10.1353/jjs.2012.0006
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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