Geo-economic strategy has long been a key element of statecraft. In recent years, it has acquired even greater salience given the increasing willingness of both China and the United States to wield economic power in their strategic competition. This trend has particular significance for Japan given its often tense political relationship with China, which remains its largest trading partner. While Japan’s post-war geo-economic performance often failed to match its status as one of the world’s largest economies, more recently Tokyo has demonstrated increased geo-economic agency and effectiveness. In this Adelphi book, Yuka Koshino and Robert Ward draw on multiple disciplines – including economics, political economy, foreign policy and security policy – and interviews with key policymakers to examine Japan’s geo-economic power. Their conclusions will be of direct interest not only for all those concerned with Japanese grand strategy and the Asia-Pacific, but also for those middle powers seeking to navigate great-power competition in the coming decades.
Japan’s Effectiveness as a Geo-Economic Actor: Navigating Great-Power Competition, by Robert Ward and Yuka Koshino, is published by Routledge (2022). It is available for purchase via this link: [ Ссылка ]
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