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.
East Asia Insights | Prospects for Japan’s Domestic Politics and Implications for Its Foreign Policy
Hitoshi Tanaka explores the potential impact of a change in government. How will events play out in Japan after the July 2007 election, and what kind of regional and global role will Japan be able to undertake as Japan adopts a more proactive leadership role in East Asia?
East Asia Insights | Reinvigorating US-Japan Relations
This issue discusses the perception gap underlying US-Japan relations, which has put the relationship in crisis in the 50 years since the revised US-Japan Security Treaty was signed.
East Asia Insights | Bridging Asia and the Pacific: Japan’s Role in Reinforcing the US Pivot
This issue discusses the Obama administration’s strategy in Asia Pacific, and the importance that this strategy is developed in close collaboration with its closest ally in the region, Japan.