The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance

Chapter 1 Alliance Constrained: Japan, the United States, and Regional Security

Chapter 2 Costs and Benefits of the U.S.-Japan Alliance from the Japanese Perspective

Chapter 3 Refining the U.S.-Japan Strategic Bargain

Chapter 4 The Merits of Alliance: A Japanese Perspective—Logic Underpins Japan’s Global and Regional Security Role

Chapter 5 Global Costs and Benefits of the U.S.-Japan Alliance: An American View

Chapter 6 Korea and the Japan-U.S. Alliance: A Japanese Perspective

Chapter 7 Korea and the U.S.-Japan Alliance: An American Perspective

Chapter 8 Liberal Deterrence of China: Challenges in Achieving Japan’s China Policy

Chapter 9 The Security Dilemma in Asian Architecture: United States, Japan, and China

Chapter 10 How Russia Matters in Japan-U.S. Alliance

Chapter 11 The U.S.-Japan Alliance and Russia

Chapter 12 Evolution of the Australia-Japan Security Partnership: Toward a Softer Triangle Alliance with the United States?

Chapter 13 The United States, Japan, and Australia: Security Linkages to Southeast Asia

Chapter 14 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization: New Chances for the Japan-U.S. Alliance?

Chapter 15 Conclusion: Active SDF, Coming End of Regional Ambiguity, and Comprehensive Political Alliance