Challenges of the US-Japan Military Arrangement: Competing Security Transitions in a Changing International Environment

This is an in-depth analysis of the U.S.-Japan security alliance and its implications for Japan and the Asia-Pacific region. It moves away from the official line that the alliance is a vital aspect of Japan''s security policy and introduces issues and arguments that are often overlooked: American security policy has failed to achieve its goals; Japan''s interests are not fully served by the allian...