Dobson, H.J. orcid.org/0000-0003-3124-8546 (2016) Is Japan Really Back? The "Abe Doctrine" and Global Governance. Journal of Contemporary Asia, 47 (2). pp. 199-224. ISSN 0047-2336
Abstract
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo has emerged as the “comeback kid” of Japanese politics and in his second term of office is now widely regarded as a rare example of strong leadership as he seeks to arrest and reverse his country’s perceived decline. The strategy to achieve these objectives has come to be known as the “Abe Doctrine,” which represents a radical but risky shift in foreign policy. This article outlines the tenets of the evolving Abe Doctrine and then applies them to the Abe administration’s behaviour in the mechanisms of global governance, a highly pertinent but overlooked example. It argues that although a more strategic and coherent approach to global governance has emerged under Abe than had been previously evident, this has been at the expense of the norm of internationalism that has traditionally shaped Japan’s role.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | Japan; Abe Doctrine; global governance; internationalism; leadership |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of East Asian Studies (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 23 Mar 2017 13:18 |
Last Modified: | 18 Jan 2021 10:54 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/00472336.2016.1257044 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00472336.2016.1257044 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:113996 |