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In the midst of growing interdependence among countries, there are an increasing number of cases in which the socioeconomic heterogeneities of nations have given cause for frictions. Currently, such frictions between the USA and China are the subject of much attention. Although each friction is special and contextual to the dyad of nations involved, certain aspects of the increasing risks associated with heterogeneities can be generalized to some extent. For this purpose, this chapter considers the precedent of structural tensions between the USA and Japan and looks at how these structural differences developed into intense diplomatic issues. It also seeks to clarify the precise nature of heterogeneity-related risks by examining the role played by the economic interdependence between two nations. The analysis presented here confirms that, while the problems associated with heterogeneities between the USA and Japan had long existed, the risks were heightened only after the interdependence had been deepened. Nonetheless, these differences and the deepening of interdependence were not, in and of themselves, sufficient to produce a crisis. |
