Japan’s “three national security documents” and fundamental reinforcement of defence capabilities: reinforcing a radical military trajectory
Japan’s government posits that its 2022 three national security documents are at the same time transformational and yet maintain overall continuity in military and security policy. This talk through investigating several pivotal aspects of the defence reforms weighs the arguments for essential continuity versus step change. It concludes that the three documents fundamentally change Japan’s exclusively defence-oriented policy and the US-Japan alliance division of labour, further accelerate Japan’s radical military trajectory, and pose important implications for regional security.
Date: 3 November 2023, 17:00
Venue: Pavilion Room, 4th Floor, Gateway Building, St. Antony's College
Speaker: Prof. Christopher W. Hughes (University of Warwick)
Organising department: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Organiser: Nissan Institute of Japanese Studies
Organiser contact email address: administrator@nissan.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Nissan Institute Seminar in Japanese Studies
Booking required?: Not required
Audience: Public
Editors: Jane Baker, Andrea Roncolato