Dissenting assaults on the conventional wisdom that China's foreign policy became more
'assertive'in 2009–2010 have intensified. In this article I develop this revisionist critique in …

Sino-Japanese relations have been repeatedly strained by the territorial dispute over a
group of small islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in …

In the election to the House of Representatives in 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ)
almost tripled the number of its lower house members by winning 308 seats. It subsequently …

The rapid modernization of the Chinese Navy is a well-documented reality of the post-Cold
War world. In two decades, the People's Liberation Army Navy has evolved from a backward …

This chapter analyzes the constitutive effects of China's historical self on its international
role. It provides the ideational micro-foundations for international role taking and identifies …

This chapter examines China's search for a maritime strategy during a time of tension in the
East and South China Seas. Chinese efforts to manage tensions might be understood …

The East China Sea is a marginal sea in the Western Pacific Ocean, west of the Kyushu and
Ryukyu Islands of Japan, north of the South China Sea, east of the Asian continent, and …

Scholars and policy makers have traditionally viewed portions of the Indian Ocean and the
Western Pacific as separate and discrete political, economic, and military regions. In recent …

Introduction 1 The sovereignty dispute over the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands in the East China
Sea is arguably the most contentious maritime security fl ashpoint in East Asia. Japan, the …

When the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power in September 2009, it seemed
that a new era of Sino-Japanese reconciliation would begin. The new ruling party not only …