現代日本外交
担当教員
単位数・配当学期・曜日・時限
2単位 冬学期 金曜4限
内容・進め方・主要文献等
Foreign Policy of a country is determined on the one hand by the international environment and on the other by domestic constraints.
This course will approach Japan’s Foreign Policy from the perspective of Japan’s Strategic Environment, taking a historic perspective.
While it is important to go back in time and start from the opening of Japan and the ensuing Meiji Restoration period if at all possible, we will nevertheless be realistic and begin from the end of the World War Two and will follow various wars in the East Eurasia – Western Pacific region in the past decades, including the Cold War and its manifestations in the region, all of which affected the strategic environment of Japan.
The course will be conducted as a seminar and active participation by students are expected.
In order to facilitate focused discussions, each student will be assigned one of the countries which are major stake-holders in the strategic situation in the East Eurasia – Western Pacific region; namely; China, Two Koreas, Russia (Soviet Union and Russian Federation), USA, Australia, ASEAN countries.
Students will be encouraged to make oral presentations on the strategic environment of Japan from the perspective of his/her country of assignment, and will be required to submit a term paper on the same subject at the end of the course.
Major Topics include;
Strategic environment of East Eurasia – Western Pacific region in the context of global power balance; World War Two and the peace settlements (pl)); Between the Cold War and Cold Peace in North East Asia; Emerging global strategic landscape: challenge to the post WW II system or post-9/11 challenges; and Japan’s responses; deterrence, alliance and global contribution
教材等
Required
1) Samuel P. Huntington: The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order: Simon and Schuster
2) G. John Ikenberry: After Victory: Princeton University Press
3) Yutaka Kawashima: Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads: Brookings Institution Press
Others
1) Paul Kennedy: The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers: Random House
2) Herbert Feis: Contest Over Japan: W.W. Norton & Company
成績評価の方法
Grading:
1) term paper 70 %
2) participation in class discussions including oral reports 20%
3) overall focus and commitment to learning 10%