What is it about?
This article sets out to explore what aspects in Japan's security policy have really changed. Despite the bold language used by many Japan specialists, changes in Japan's capability, policy and even normative context, though present, are too few and isolated to support the "remilitarization" thesis.
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Why is it important?
Within the various levels of change analyzed in this article, the largest changes to date have occurred in the realm of Japan's normative context. Changes in capability, in comparison, are smaller, especially the defense budget. If normative changes foreground policy change, then, it may be possible that Japan's foreign policy is slated to transform in the years ahead.
Perspectives
This article offers an example of how to operationalize Hermann's various levels of policy changes.
Professor Linus Hagström
Swedish Defence University
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This page is a summary of: “Remilitarization,” Really? Assessing Change in Japanese Foreign Security Policy, Asian Security, September 2009, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14799850903178980.
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