Pub Date : 2021-03-23DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000076
Yuji Uesugi, Kazushige Kobayashi, Tomoaki Honda
This article traces the developments in Japan’s peacebuilding policy in Abe Shinzo’s second term (2012–2020) and presents illustrative case studies to highlight the change and continuity that occur...
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Pub Date : 2021-03-23DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000052
P. Jain
China, Japan and India are overwhelming forces in world politics because of their large population, economic size and trade volume, strategic weight, potential for further technological advancement...
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Pub Date : 2021-03-23DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000039
Hyungna Oh, Inkee Hong, I. Oh
On 28 October 2020, President Moon Jae-in declared Korea’s 2050 carbon neutrality strategy as a comprehensive transformation plan towards a sustainable and green Korean economy. The key elements fo...
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000027
H. Ohta
Japan eventually joined the 2050 net carbon neutrality club soon after the Suga administration emerged. What are the primary drivers of Japan’s decision and why this timing? This article argues that the interactions of domestic and international factors can explain this policy change in the context of global competition over energy transition and technological breakthroughs to mitigate climate change. Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga’s move was almost an established policy line brewed during the predecessor government.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000015
Liang Dong, Gaoyi Miao, W. Wen
5 China’s Carbon Neutrality Policy: Objectives, Impacts and Paths by DONG Liang, MIAO Gaoyi and WEN Weigang China will face various challenges and multiple opportunities in achieving carbon neutrality due to the impact of COVID-19 and the nature of its economic activities. Its specific path towards achieving carbon peak and carbon neutrality should be coordinated with the requirements of world economic situation and its long-term economic reforms. It will also increase policy space to adjust its industrial structure and economic model towards green recovery.
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Pub Date : 2021-01-01DOI: 10.1142/S1793930521000040
F. Umbach
The EU–China relations have already changed significantly since 2019. Despite the deeply intertwined technology supply chains between the European Union (EU) and China, the EU could neither ignore Beijing’s new aggressive “wolf warrior” diplomacy nor could it capitalise on just the US–Chinese rivalry and mutual sanctions policy as wider transatlantic economic and security interests are at stake. China’s economic challenges are only part of a wider systemic competition and strategic rivalry globally and even in Europe.
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Pub Date : 2020-12-21DOI: 10.1142/s179393052000032x
G. Pugliese
Italy’s engagement with China, aptly represented by the Belt and Road Initiative Memorandum of Understanding signed in March 2019, is premised on continuity and on Rome’s economic calculations in t...
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Pub Date : 2020-12-21DOI: 10.1142/s1793930520000276
Eiichi Katahara
Japan’s new defence white paper offers an overview of the security environment surrounding Japan and the numerous issues concerning Tokyo’s defence and security policy. It highlights North Korea’s ...
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Pub Date : 2020-12-21DOI: 10.1142/s1793930520000288
C. Y. Untalan
Okinawa is a cornerstone of the US–Japan alliance. However, it has been marginalised in East Asian international relations whereby a state-centric view of international relations predominates. In a...
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Pub Date : 2020-12-21DOI: 10.1142/s1793930520000331
Zhiqun Zhu
The Middle East is a key region in China’s diplomacy due to its role as the largest supplier of oil to China and its strategic location. China is one of the few foreign powers that have maintained ...
由于中东是中国最大的石油供应国和战略位置,它是中国外交的一个关键地区。中国是少数几个维持……
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