Japan's roles in U.S. national security strategy: strategic ally and economic adversary
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Authors
Arnold, Thomas Edward
Subjects
U.S.-Japan relations
U.S.-Japan security alliance
National security strategy
International economic policy
U.S. Pacific strategy
Post-Cold War world
U.S.-Japan security alliance
National security strategy
International economic policy
U.S. Pacific strategy
Post-Cold War world
Advisors
Buss, Claude A.
Date of Issue
1991-06
Date
June 1991
Publisher
Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School
Language
en_US
Abstract
This thesis examines the conflict between contradictory but coexisting American views of Japan's roles in U.S. national security strategy: strategic ally and economic adversary. Its central hypothesis is that postwar American policy toward Japan has, of necessity, placed strategic imperatives over economic interests but that a continuation of such an approach in the emerging post-Cold War environment both harms U.S. interests and risks a breakdown in U.S.-Japanese relations. The thesis assesses the rationales for a continued strategic emphasis in the relationship and alternative economic emphasis. It concludes with a set of policy recommendations aimed at shifting the relative emphasis placed on the two sets of interests by maintaing but downgrading the strategic relationship, including the security alliance, while increasing the priority given to U.S. economic and competitiveness interests. The ultimate goal is to establish a more stable and enduring U.S. -Japan relationship based on a new set of common interests.
Type
Thesis
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Department
National Security Affairs (NSA)
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School
Identifiers
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Format
204 p.
Citation
Distribution Statement
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.