Asia’s Alliance Triangle: US-Japan-South Korea Relations at a Tumultuous Time

266 Pages·2015·1.45 MB·English

by  Gilbert Rozman (eds.)

Edited by Gilbert Rozman
ASIA’S
ALLIANCE
TRIANGLE
US-Japan-South Korea Relations
EDITED BY GILBERT ROZMAN
at a Tumultuous Time
Asia’s Alliance Triangle
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Gilbert Rozman (ed.), Asia’s Alliance Triangle: US-Japan-South Korea Relations at a
Tumultuous Time, 2015
Asia’s Alliance Triangle
US-Japan-South Korea Relations
at a Tumultuous Time
Edited by
Gilbert Rozman
Palgrave
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ASIA’S ALLIANCE TRIANGLE
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Asia’s alliance triangle : US-Japan-South Korea relations
at a tumultuous time / edited by Gilbert Rozman.
pages cm.—(Asan-Palgrave Macmillan series)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. United States—Foreign relations—Japan. 2. Japan—Foreign
relations—United States. 3. United States—Foreign relations—Korea
(South) 4. Korea (South)—Foreign relations—United States. 5. Japan—
Foreign relations—Korea (South) 6. Korea (South)—Foreign relations—
Japan. I. Rozman, Gilbert.
E183.8.J3A864 2015
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Contents
List of Illustrations i x
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Part I The US-ROK Alliance at 60 Years
1 Synopsis of the Asan Washington Forum, 2013: “The Enduring
Alliance: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of ROK-US
Relations,” Parts 1 and 2 3
Gilbert Rozman
2 Retrospect and Prospect of the ROK-US Alliance
at 60 and Beyond 29
Choi Kang
3 Synopsis of the Asan Seminar: “Managing ROK-US Relations” 43
Gilbert Rozman
4 Synopsis of the Asan Institute-Pacific Forum CSIS Conference
on US-Japan-ROK Trilateral Relations 53
J. Berkshire Miller
Part II Japan-ROK Relations under Stress
5 ROK and US Views on the Foreign Policy of
the Abe Administration 61
Bong Youngshik
6 Japan’s Defense Reforms and Korean Perceptions of
Japan’s Collective Self-Defense 75
J. Berkshire Miller
vi ● Contents
7 Korea-Japan Relations under Deep Stress 87
Park Cheol Hee
Part III Japan’s Emerging National Security Policy
8 Complacency and Indecisiveness in Japan’s New One-Party
Dominance and Foreign Policy 107
Koichi Nakano
9 Evolution of Japan’s National Security Policy under
the Abe Administration 113
Yamaguchi Noboru
10 Japanese Politics Concerning Collective Self-Defense 127
Yuichi Hosoya
Part IV Obama’s Meetings with Abe and Park in
March and April 2014 and US-Japan
Relations in Late 2014
11 Circling the Square: History and Alliance Management 145
Lee Chung Min
12 Rebalancing and Entanglement: America’s Dilemma in
East Asia 151
Kiichi Fujiwara
13 President Obama and Japan-South Korean Relations 157
Sheila A. Smith
14 State of the Rebalance 163
Thomas Hubbard
15 US-Japan Relations: Do We Share the Same Values and
View of History? US, Japanese, and South Korean
Perspectives 169
Dennis Blair, Nakanishi Hiroshi, Bong Youngshik,
and Hyun Daesong
Part V Japanese and Korean National Identity
16 National Identities, Historical Memories, and
Reconciliation in Northeast Asia 189
Gi-Wook Shin
Contents ● vii
17 National Identity under Transformation: New Challenges to
South Korea 203
Kim Jiyoon
18 A National Identity Approach to Japan’s Late 2013
Foreign Policy Thinking 219
Gilbert Rozman
19 Review Article, October 2014: Civilizational
Polarization and Japan 233
Gilbert Rozman
20 Realism versus Revisionism in Abe’s Foreign Policy in 2014 241
Gilbert Rozman
List of Contributors 2 55
Index 259
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Illustrations
Figure
17.1 Country favorability ratings (2013) 212
Tables
1.1 The Asan Washington Forum, June 24–25, 2013: Day 1 3
1.2 The Asan Washington Forum, June 24–25, 2013: Day 2 5
5.1 A nation’s attractiveness 72
5.2 Country trustworthiness 72
5.3 Favorability toward a nation’s leader 73
17.1 Preconditions for Koreanness 208
17.2 Preconditions for Koreanness: by age group 210
17.3 Hypothetical soccer match 213
17.4 Perception of North Korea by age group 214
17.5 Attitude toward unification by age group 214