A new course for Japan's security policy: the historic decision on military armament

Autor: Sakaki, Alexandra
Přispěvatelé: Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
Rok vydání: 2023
Předmět:
Politikwissenschaft
Internationale Beziehungen
Political science
International relations
Außenpolitische Neuorientierung
Sicherheitsstrategie
Bedrohungsvorstellungen (Sicherheitspolitik)
Regionale internationale Sicherheit
Verteidigungs- und sicherheitsbezogene Beziehungen
Verteidigungshaushalt
Finanzierungsprogramm
Öffentliche Meinung
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
Sicherheitspolitik

internationale Beziehungen
Entwicklungspolitik

Peace and Conflict Research
International Conflicts
Security Policy

International Relations
International Politics
Foreign Affairs
Development Policy

Japan
Verteidigungspolitik
Sicherheitspolitik
Außenpolitik
Rüstung
internationale Sicherheit
Bündnispolitik
USA
Russland
China
Nordkorea
Europa
Abschreckung
Militär
defense policy
security policy
foreign policy
armaments
international security
alliance policy
United States of America
Russia
North Korea
Europe
deterrence
military
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Zdroj: 13/2023, SWP Comment, 8
Druh dokumentu: Stellungnahme<br />comment
ISSN: 2747-5107
DOI: 10.18449/2023C13
Popis: In recent weeks, Japan's government under Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has im­plemented significant adjustments to the country's security policy. In December 2022, Tokyo published a new National Security Strategy along with two other defence-related strategic documents. In doing so, the government decided, among other things, to significantly increase Japan's defence budget to 2 per cent of its gross domestic product by fiscal year 2027. During bilateral alliance meetings in mid-January 2023, Japan and the United States addressed the implications of the new strategic documents and discussed possibilities for closer cooperation. By making far-reaching decisions such as on the acquisition of so-called counter-strike capabilities, Tokyo is seeking to respond to a rapidly deteriorating security environment. Even though some of the announced steps are indeed historic for Japan, they have been the topic of discussion for a while now and can therefore be seen as part of the evolution of Japanese security policy that has been occurring for years. (author's abstract)
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