Abstract
International institutions have clear relevance for the perennial debates concerning Japan’s engagement with the rest of the world. Many of the challenges that Japanese foreign policy elites have faced since the World War II have embraced international institutions, to various degrees and for various motives. The same holds true as the twenty-first century begins, and Japan’s leaders consider how best to manage a rapidly evolving security and economic environment and changing expectations for Japanese foreign policy from inside and outside Japan. In addition to the dilemmas and challenges inherent in the changing international environment, Japan’s internal economic and political restructuring is steadily planting Japan more deeply in international commitments and networks.
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Newman, E. (2000). Japan and International Organizations. In: Takashi, I., Jain, P. (eds) Japanese Foreign Policy Today. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-62529-1_3
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