1. The Domestic Context of the Alliances: The Politics of Tokyo
- Author:
- Akihiko Tanaka
- Publication Date:
- 01-2000
- Content Type:
- Working Paper
- Institution:
- Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center
- Abstract:
- It is now almost a cliché to say that domestic politics and foreign policy are closely connected. Yet however trite this expression, nonetheless it is true. Japan's international behavior and particularly its security policy cannot be fully understood without analyzing its domestic politics. In post–World War II Japan, security policy has been the dominant theme of domestic politics and source of ideological divide.
- Topic:
- Security
- Political Geography:
- United States, Japan, Asia, and Tokyo