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Japanese strategic thought in the 1980s faced a major transition from being a free rider to becoming a systemic supporter. This transition is predicted by the Lake scheme of foreign policy roles determined by the size and labor productivity of an economy.1 It also can be anticipated as part of the historical evolution of Japanese foreign policy roles in tandem with the adjusted needs of the alliance with the United States Focusing on Asia, Japanese strategic thought might have missed an opportunity of articulating a more autonomous and multilateral foreign policy line embedded within the framework of the alliance with the United States due in part to the moderate success of the transition in foreign policy roles in three dimensions: (a) the successful “defensive internationalism” of the G-5 (G-8); (b) the sway of developmental authoritarianism in East and Southeast Asia in which the Japan-led flying geese pattern looked real; and (c) the appealing image of a “golden triangle” of Japan-the United States-China.
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Inoguchi, T. (2007). Japanese Strategic Thought toward Asia in the 1980s. In: Rozman, G., Togo, K., Ferguson, J.P. (eds) Japanese Strategic Thought toward Asia. Strategic Thought in Northeast Asia. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230603158_2
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