US-Japan Alliance

David Arase is Associate Professor of Political Science at the Department of Government and Political Science, Pomona College, USA.Tsuneo Akaha is Professor of International Policy Studies, Graduate School of International Policy Studies, and Director, Center for East Asian Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies, USA.

• Introduction: "Soft Power," "Hard Power," Japan, and the U.S.-Japan Alliance David Arase Part 1: Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance 1. "Soft" Power, Interests and Identity: The Future of the US - Japan Alliance Phil Meeks 2. Japanese Security Policy: From Soft to Hard Power David Arase 3. Japan's Soft Power-Hard Power Balancing Act Tsuneo Akaha Part 2: Major Powers' Views of Japan and the U.S.-Japan Alliance 4. Chinese Perspectives on the U.S.-Japan Alliance Jing-Dong Yuan 5. North and South Korean Views of the U.S.-Japan Alliance Daniel A. Pinkston 6. Russian Perspectives on the U.S. – Japan Security Alliance Sergey Sevastyanov 7. European Views of a Changing US-Japan Alliance: Declining Prospects for ‘Civilian Power’ Cooperation? Christopher W. Hughes. Conclusion Tsuneo Akaha

"The text as a whole will be particularly valuable for graduate students in international relations and for academic experts and policy-makers." -Benjamin A. Peters, Assistant Professor, Miyazaki International College, Japan; East Asian Integration Studies, Vol. 6, no. 13