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ID146625
Title ProperJapan and extended nuclear deterrence
Other Title Information security and non-proliferation
LanguageENG
AuthorHoey, Fintan
Summary / Abstract (Note)To an observer, Japan’s approach to nuclear weapons can appear confused and contradictory. The only country to have been attacked with nuclear weapons is variously described as a pacifist and non-nuclear nation and as a proliferation threat. These widely varied and conflicting conclusions are understandable given that conflicting messages are sent by senior figures. However Japan’s stance is in fact a coherent, if not uncomplicated, response both to its security needs and to domestic public opinion. However, the security provided by US extended nuclear deterrence underlines and enables this approach. The key policies and decisions were taken in both Washington and Tokyo between China’s first nuclear test (1964) and Japan’s ratification of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (1976). How the United States came to offer this additional security guarantee to Japan and how Japan came to rely upon it underscore this complex stance and are crucial to understanding a longstanding and ongoing security arrangement and source of stability and security in northeast Asia.
`In' analytical NoteJournal of Strategic Studies Vol. 39, No.4; Jun 2016: p.484-501
Journal SourceJournal of Strategic Studies Vol: 39 No 4
Key WordsNuclear Weapons ;  Non-proliferation treaty ;  Japan ;  United States ;  Extended Deterrence ;  Nuclear Umbrella ;  Satō Eisaku


 
 
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