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Japan's Middle East Security Policy: Rethinking Roles and Norms
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Miyagi, Yukiko |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | This article looks at the trends in Japan’s Middle East policy on politico-security issues since the beginning of the 1970s. It observes that Japanese policy started with a stance sympathetic to the Palestinians and the Arab and Islamic states but shifted towards neutral and then towards more pro-US positions over time. It suggests this trend can be explained by international structural change and power shift, from a period of relatively cohesive Arab and Islamic states that had more weight vis-a-vis the US and the West towards one which saw a decline of Arab unity and the oil weapon, and a shift towards US hegemony. The paper also points out a gradual change in Japan’s main policy tool towards the Middle East, from non-military to military approaches over time. The paper argues that Japan’s clear pro-US military-activist policy seen in the Iraq war was a primary example of such changes, reflecting the afore-mentioned international changes, but also due to Japan’s domestic political conditions – an erosion of anti-militarist norm in particular; however, it also suggests that Japanese policy in the Iraq war should be understood as an exception, a product of certain special conditions. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/209593 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
