{"product_id":"9783031785290","title":"Japan’s Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine The Long Postwar","description":"\u003ch1\u003eJapan’s Evolving Foreign Policy Doctrine\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe Long Postwar\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBert Edström\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ International Relations \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDuring half a century after the war Japan's economy was built up from scratch to the world's number two, while its foreign policy has been described by many as passive and even verging on being non-existent. As a contrast, this book evinces how the foundations of Japan's foreign policy were laid in the early postwar period, and how postwar policies have been characterized by pervasive continuity, guided by distinct national goals and expressed in clear-cut national role conceptions. The far-reaching changes after the end of the Cold War transformed Japan’s domestic political system. Consequently, the analyses for 1946–93 (covered in the first edition) and 1993–2020 (added in the current edition) are structured differently. In the former, each prime minister gets a chapter except for the initial period 1946–54 when three premiers figure, while the prime ministers for 1993–2020 are treated as members of triads, except the long-reigning Koizumi Junichirō and Abe Shinzō.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBert Edström is currently Nonresident Senior Research Fellow at the Stockholm-based Institute for Security and Development Policy. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eJapan and the Challenge of Human Security\u003c\/em\u003e (2008), \u003cem\u003eSweden–Japan. 150 years of Friendship and Cooperation\u003c\/em\u003e (2018), \u003cem\u003eMaster Spy on a Mission. The Untold Story of Onodera Makoto and Swedish Intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e (2021), and \u003cem\u003eFour Essays on the History of East Asian Studies at Stockholm University\u003c\/em\u003e (2024).\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e01 February 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Switzerland\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9783031785290\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e460\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Switzerland","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51033110085772,"sku":"9783031785290","price":143.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9783031785290.jpg?v=1782488019","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9783031785290","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}