01360pam a22001214a 4500008004100000020001500041100002300056245012200079260006200201300002600263520092600289050002301215030728s2003    dcua      b   001 0 eng    a08157486941 aKawashima, Yutaka,10aJapanese foreign policy at the crossroads :bchallenges and options for the twenty-first century /cYutaka Kawashima.  aWashington, D.C. :bBrookings Institutions Press,cc2003.  axii, 163 p. :bill. ;1 a"In Japanese Foreign Policy at the Crossroads, Yutaka Kawashima clarifies some of the defining parameters of Japan's foreign policy and examines the challenges it currently faces, including the quagmire on the Korean Peninsula, the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance, the management of Japan-China relations, and Japan's relations with Southeast Asia." "Kawashima - who, as vice minister of foreign affairs, was Japan's highest-ranking foreign service official - cautions Japan against attempts to ensure its security and well-being outside of an international framework. He believes it crucial that Japan work with as many like-minded countries as possible to construct a regional and international order based on shared interests and shared values. In an era of globalization, he cautions, such efforts will be crucial to maintaining global world order and ensuring civilized interaction among all states."--BOOK JACKET.00aDS891.2b.K39 2003