From Counterbalancing to Engaging China: Shift in Japan’s Approach towards the New International Order in the Asia-Pacific under the Second Abe Administration

• Authors: Żakowski Karol
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

From Counterbalancing to Engaging China: Shift in Japan’s Approach towards the New International Order in the Asia-Pacific under the Second Abe Administration

Keywords

EN

Japan; China; Asia-Pacific; Abe Shinzō; Japan–US alliance; Belt and Road Initiative

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu. Wydawnictwo UMK
• Journal: Torun International Studies
• Year: 2019
• Issue: 12
• Pages: 143-155

Contributors

author

Żakowski Karol

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DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.12775/TIS.2019.009