Overcoming Isolationism: Japan's Leadership in East Asian Security Multilateralism

by Paul Midford

This book asks why, in the wake of the Cold War, Japan suddenly reversed years of steadfast opposition to security cooperation with its neighbors. Long isolated and opposed to multilateral agreements, Japan proposed East Asia's first multilateral security forum in the early 1990s, emerging as a regional leader. Overcoming Isolationism explores what led to this surprising about-face and offers a corrective to the misperception that Japan's security...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503611698
• ISBN13: 9781503611696
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"