Japanese economic power and security policy in the post-Cold War era : a case study of Japan-North Korea security relations.

摘要

This thesis investigates the future direction of Japanese security policy by askingudwhether Japan can contribute to international security through the use of economicudrather than military power after the Cold War, and what are the policy-makingudobstacles to this.udChapter one outlines how the post-Cold War debate on security has shifted fromudmilitary to economic conceptions of security, and how this makes it possible toudconceive of Japan as a global civilian power which employs its economic strengthudto contribute to international security.udChapters two and three then go on to construct a detailed theoretical model ofudeconomic security policy and Japanese economic power in order to test empiricallyudthe concept of global civilian power in the case study.udChapter four introduces the case study of Japan-North Korea security relationsudand demonstrates that since the end of the Cold War the North Korean securityudthreat has come to be perceived by policy-makers in Japan as generated byudeconomic insecurity, and thus requiring the types of economic solutions that audglobal civilian power can provide.udChapter five then tests the model of Japanese economic power against the caseudof North Korea and reveals that even though Japan has the latent capacity to useudeconomic power to help resolve this security problem, as yet it has not mobilisedudsufficient economic power to enable it to act a global civilian power.udChapter six looks at the internal security policy-making process in Japan in orderudto explain the reasons behind Japan's non-fulfillment of the role of a global civilianudpower, and argues that in fact Japan in this period has increased its military role inudsecurity by utilising the legitimacy of the North Korean threat. udIn the light of the preceding arguments, the conclusion reappraises the conceptudof global civilian power, Japan's security role, and the implications for globaludsecurity.