Senkaku Islands Confrontation and the Transformation of Japan’s Defense

Dr. Paul Midford is Professor of International Relations at Meiji Gakuin University in Yokohama Japan. He specializes in Japanese foreign and security policies, East Asian international relations and security, and renewable energy.

• Introduction.- The Collapse of the Bilateral Sino-Japanese Conflict Management Regime.- Continuous Senkaku Confrontation: Initial Impact on Japanese Politics and Security Policy.- Rise of Japan’s A2/AD Strategy in the East China Sea.- Japan`s Emerging A2/AD Strategy and its Offensive Missile Debate.- The Culmination: Japan’s New Security and Defense Strategy of 2022.- Japan’s A2/AD Strategy in the Context of Regional Security.- Conclusions.