Japan's Nuclear Identity and Its Implications for Nuclear Abolition

by Daisuke Akimoto

Book Overview

This book examines Japan's nuclear identity and its implications for abolition of nuclear weapons. By applying analytical eclecticism in combination with international relations theory, this book categorizes Japan's nuclear identity as a 'nuclear-bombed state' (classical liberalism), 'nuclear disarmament state' (neoliberalism), 'nuclear-threatened state' (classical realism), and a 'nuclear umbrella state' (neorealism). This research investigates whether...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811535434
• ISBN13: 9789811535437
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"