Failed Attempts at Sino-Japanese Security Cooperation

Karol Żakowski

doi:10.18778/8088-758-9

Failed Attempts at Sino-Japanese Security Cooperation

Karol Żakowski

University of Lodz

Publikacja:

Overcoming Controversies in East Asia

Serie: Contemporary Asian Studies Series

Strony: 55-70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18778/8088-758-9.04

Słowa kluczowe: Chinese foreign policy, women’s economy, regional security, nuclear tests, military reform, economic cooperation, image of China

Opublikowane: 30 grudnia 2017

Kategorie: Politologia i stosunki międzynarodowe , Otwarty dostęp

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The aim of this chapter is to analyze the reasons of failure in establishing a stable framework for Sino-Japanese security cooperation after the end of Cold War. Since the 1990s both countries have tried many times to strengthen mutual trust, institutionalize military exchange or create a telephone hotline for emergency situations, but so far these efforts have remained futile. While in 2006– 2010 it seemed that China and Japan started overcoming mutual prejudices, the situation deteriorated after the two East China Sea incidents in 2010 and 2012. The article argues that both countries have been unable to develop a full-fledged cooperation in the security field due to history problems, contrasting visions of regional security system, territorial disputes, and rivalry for leadership in East Asia.

This article is a result of research conducted as a part of a project financed by the Polish National Science Centre based on decision No. DEC-2013/11/B/HS5/04005. In 2017 the author received the prize of the University of Lodz Foundation.

Karol Żakowski - University of Lodz

KAROL ŻAKOWSKI, PhD (2010) and habilitation (2016) in political science, is Associate Professor at the Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of International and Political Studies, University of Lodz. He was a visiting scholar at the Kwansei Gakuin University (2008–2009), Keio University (2012–2013, Japan Foundation Japanese Studies Fellowship), and National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS) in Tokyo (2016). His research focuses on the evolution of the Japanese political system and foreign policy. He is author of Decision-Making Reform in Japan: The DPJ’s Failed Attempt at a Politician-Led Government (Routledge, 2015), as well as other books, journal articles, and book chapters.