Center for Security Studies

No. 155: Japan’s Military Rebirth

No. 155: Japan’s Military Rebirth

Author(s): Michael Haas
Editor(s): Matthias Bieri
Series Editor(s): Christian Nünlist, Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 155
Publisher(s): CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Publication Year: 2014

Against the background of a deteriorating security situation in the East China Sea, Japan’s conservative government is steadily dissociating itself from a decades-old tradition of military self-restraint. The island nation faces a difficult balancing act between reinforcement of its defense potential and continuation of its reticence in security policy matters.

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