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020			_a9789814519021 (paperback)
040			_cChanthan
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082			_a303.5
100			_aSudō, Sueo,
245	1	0	_aJapan's ASEAN policy : _bin search of proactive multilateralism / _cby Sueo Sudo.
260			_aSingapore : _bInstitute of Southeast Asian Studies , _c2015
300			_axiv, 282 pages ; _c23 cm
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-263) and index.
520			_aThe central puzzle in the study of Japanese foreign policy has been why Japan has continued to play a passive role in international affairs, despite its impressive economic and political power. Challenging this central puzzle, the core argument of this study is to present an alternative path for the study of Japanese foreign policy. In fact, in recent years Japanese foreign policy has become less dependent on the United States, more strategic towards Asia, and more energetic towards international and regional institutions. One of the main features is multilateralism in Japanese foreign policy, as shown by Japan's active participation in the regional institutions. In pursuing multilateralism, Japan cooperated closely with the only durable regional body in Southeast Asia, to wit, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). Given the fact that East Asian regionalism has been driven by ASEAN, it is of utmost urgency to investigate the emerging partnership between Japan and ASEAN. The central thesis of this study is thus to put Japan's ASEAN policy into a proper perspective by asserting that Japan's new policy initiatives towards ASEAN are not reactive, nor are they exceptions in a broader framework of merely reactive foreign policy.
546			_aIn English.
610	2	0	_aASEAN.
651		0	_aJapan _xForeign relations _y1989-
651		0	_aJapan _xRelations _zSoutheast Asia
651		0	_aSoutheast Asia _xRelations _zJapan
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