The Changing Dynamic of the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and Changes in Japanese Security Policy

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dc.contributor.authorKazik, Cory Michaelen
dc.contributor.committeechairMilly, Deborah J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWalcott, Charles E.en
dc.contributor.committeememberHult, Karen M.en
dc.contributor.departmentPolitical Scienceen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T20:37:46Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-04en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T20:37:46Zen
dc.date.issued2009-05-13en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-04en
dc.date.sdate2009-05-20en
dc.description.abstractBeginning in the 1990s, the United States and Japan began redefining their bilateral security alliance. This redefinition also prompted Japan to change its security policies. To what extent and in what ways have changes in the U.S.-Japan security alliance contributed to these changes? I argue that these changes are the result of negotiations of the Japan-U.S. Joint Declaration on Security Alliance for the 21st Century, signed on April 17, 1996, and the occurrence of an exogenous event. I also argue that the negotiated changes only progress to a certain point, at which time an exogenous event acts as a catalyst to continue change. I examine two cases of policy change associated with exogenous events (the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan and the 2003 North Korea Missile Crisis). Finally, I summarize my results that Japan was able to change its security policies through negotiations and through a series of systematic steps that follow a consistent trajectory of change; but exogenous events have continued the change that started as a result of the negotiations and the systematic steps.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.identifier.otheretd-05202009-145347en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05202009-145347/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/33043en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartCoryKazikPSCIMastersThesis.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectJapan. United Statesen
dc.subjectBallistic Missile Defenseen
dc.subjectJoint Security Declarationen
dc.subjectRear-Area Supporten
dc.subjectSecurity Policyen
dc.titleThe Changing Dynamic of the U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and Changes in Japanese Security Policyen
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.disciplinePolitical Scienceen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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