1. A new course for Japan's security policy: the historic decision on military armament
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Sakaki, Alexandra and Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik -SWP- Deutsches Institut für Internationale Politik und Sicherheit
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Nakasone Yasuhiro ,Defense Buildup Program ,Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik ,Peace and Conflict Research, International Conflicts, Security Policy ,Abe Shinzo ,Abschreckung ,United States of America ,Russia ,Japan ,Yamaguchi Natsuo ,defense policy ,Political science ,military ,Militär ,Suga Yoshihide ,Europe ,Kuril Islands ,foreign policy ,Defence Buildup Program ,Russland ,internationale Beziehungen, Entwicklungspolitik ,Europa ,China ,deterrence ,Politikwissenschaft ,Cyber Security ,Bündnispolitik ,Internationale Beziehungen ,Sicherheitspolitik ,North Korea ,security policy ,alliance policy ,Fumio Kishida ,Außenpolitik ,National Security Strategy ,collective self-defence ,USA ,National Security Secretariat ,Verteidigungspolitik ,armaments ,international security ,International Relations, International Politics, Foreign Affairs, Development Policy ,ddc:320 ,Indo-Pacific ,internationale Sicherheit ,counter-strike capabilitiy ,Außenpolitische Neuorientierung ,Sicherheitsstrategie ,Bedrohungsvorstellungen (Sicherheitspolitik) ,Regionale internationale Sicherheit ,Verteidigungs- und sicherheitsbezogene Beziehungen ,Verteidigungshaushalt ,Finanzierungsprogramm ,Öffentliche Meinung ,Bundesrepublik Deutschland ,International relations ,Rüstung ,Nordkorea ,ddc:327 - Abstract
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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- 2023