JCIE Publications | Old Issues, New Responses
Six Japanese scholars examine Japan’s foreign and security policy options for the 21st century and present new policy proposals, in hopes to improve Sino-Japanese political relations, rectify Japan’s plutonium policy, and make the growing number of refugees around the world a Japanese priority.
JCIE Publications | Guidance for Governance in the 21st Century
This book is a record of the fourth Global ThinkNet Conference; discussions were focused on the role of alternative sources of policy advice, the changing role of politicians in the policy-making process, think tank cooperation, and the role of force in global governance.
JCIE Publications | The Japan-US Alliance: New Challenges for the 21st Century
In this collection of essays, six Japanese political scientists examine how differences and similarities in policies between the United States and Japan toward various issues and countries may affect the solidarity of the alliance and, hence, influence the stability of the Asia Pacific region.
JCIE Publications | Power Shuffles and Policy Processes
Seven Japanese political scientists present in-depth analyses of the political change and policy-making processes in Japan in the 1990s; some examples of specific topics are long-term health care for the elderly and administrative reform of public corporations.
JCIE Publications | The Role of Civil Society in Domestic and International Governance
This book is a record of the third Global ThinkNet Conference in Paris on May 18-19, 1999; the topics of the four sessions varied from an International Comparative Study on Governance and Civil Society, to the role of think-tanks in promoting international cooperation.
JCIE Publications | Rethinking Energy Security in East Asia
Leading experts from Japan, Russia, China, the US, South Korea, Taiwan, and Malaysia analyze various energy security issues; examples include the “classical” energy security questions of supply and demand, as well as the ecological and human security consequences of growing energy use in the region.
JCIE Publications | China-Japan-US Relations: Meeting New Challenges
In this volume, leading policy experts from each of the three countries review the underlying challenges confronting the development of this vital China-Japan-US triangle.
JCIE Publications | Human Security Challenges of AIDS and Communicable Disease in Asia—Exploring Effective Regional and Global Response
This report presents key themes that emerged from the conference in Tokyo, and documents the intensive discussions between the panelists and participants.
East Asia Insights | East Asia Community Building: Toward an “East Asia Security Forum”
This issue recommends the creation of an “East Asia Security Forum” in order to enhance cooperation between states in a wider range of areas would greatly facilitate the realization of a more cooperative, comprehensive, and stable regional community.
East Asia Insights | Defining Normalcy: The Future Course of Japan’s Foreign Policy
This issue addresses the widespread misconceptions of what is “normal” for Japan, and the future of Japanese foreign policy, which aims to reconcile the need for leaders to actively pursue the national interest in a transforming global context with recognition of normative and legal constraints.