Role of Threat Perceptions in International Relations

Vindu Mai Chotani is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. Her research examines Japan’s and India’s foreign policies, international relations, the evolving security architecture in the Indo-Pacific region, and the security dynamics of the U.S. bases in Okinawa. Professor Chotani previously completed her Ph.D. from the Graduate School of Public Policy, Tokyo University, and her M.Sc. in international relations from the University of Bristol, United Kingdom.

• List of Contributors vii1 Introduction 12 Images Behind the “China Threat” by the United States: The Underlying Effect of Images in Threat Perceptions and Strategic Verbal Expressions 13YUKI MORITANI3 Avoiding the Resonance of Internal and External Threats: China’s Fortification of the Border in Tibet 31AKI SAKABE-MORI4 Perceptions and Misperceptions: India’s Maritime Threat Assessment of China in the Indian Ocean Region 50EERISHIKA PANKAJ AND JAGANNATH PANDA5 The End of Western Superiority: Japan’s Threat Perceptions During and After the Cold War 70TOMOHIKO SATAKE6 Japan’s and India’s Threat Perceptions of China in the Indo-Pacific: A Discourse Analysis on the Formation of a Collective Identity 91VINDU MAI CHOTANI7 Strategic Narratives of the Moon and Yoon Administrations: What Shapes South Korea’s Approach to China 115SHIN-AE LEE AND YEONG IK KIM8 Strategic Culture and Threat Perception: ASEAN’s Response to Great Power Rivalry in Indo-Pacific 138MUHAMAD ARIF9 Unpacking Australia’s “China Threat” Discourse: A Constructivist Approach 158SHAKTHI DE SILVA10 Conclusion 175VINDU MAI CHOTANIIndex 179