"Northern Territories" and Beyond: Russian, Japanese, and American PerspectivesIn this edited collection diplomats, academic researchers, and journalists survey modern Russian-Japanese relations. An attempt is made to go back to the origins of the conflict in their relations, to analyze their current status, and to propose an agenda for the future. The authors argue that the problems Moscow and Tokyo inherited from the decades of the Cold War cannot be resolved through a narrow bilateral approach and will require constructure U.S. participation. The problem of the Northern Territories is examined in the context of the North Pacific regional security environment. The authors explore the prospects for cooperative regional engagement, a nuclear build-down in the North Pacific, and possible involvement of the UN in the resolution of the territorial dispute. The dissolution of the Soviet Union raised hopes for a rapid improvement of Japanese-Russian relations. This is important to both global and regional stability, peace, and security in Northeast Asia, and to Russia's transition to new relations with the West. Both Russia and Japan are in the process of domestic change and have weak political leadership. Yeltsin's visit to Tokyo in October 1993 was a cause for relief and for hope as the two nations discussed their common concerns. However, the Northern Territories remains a serious obstacle to improved relations. In this book an attempt is made to go back to the origins of the conflict in Japan-Russia relations, to discuss their current status, and to propose an agenda for the future. There was a broad consensus among the diplomats, academic researchers, political analysts, and journalists whose writings are part of this collection. First, the problems Moscow and Tokyo inherited from the decades of Cold War cannot be resolved through a narrow bilateral approach and will require constructive U.S. participation. Second, the interconnection between bilateral, regional, and global trends created a new context for Moscow-Tokyo dialogue and cooperation. Third, the problem of the Northern Territories cannot be separated from the realities of the North Pacific regional security environment, which is still under the residual influence of the Cold War. The authors explore the prospects for cooperative regional engagement, a nuclear build-down in the North Pacific, and possible involvement of the UN in the resolution of the territorial dispute. Among the problems that require immediate attention, the writers focus on defense conversion, and dismantlement and disposing of nuclear weapons, and prospects for trilateral partnership that will serve the purpose of multilateral cooperation in the North Pacific/Northeast Asian region. |
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From Stalin to Brezhnev | 27 |
Problems of the Neutrality Period | 35 |
On the Historiographical Frontier | 47 |
Japanese Perceptions of Russia | 55 |
Russian Perceptions of Japan | 63 |
Rethinking the Relationship 19861993 | 71 |
Environment and History | 173 |
Russian Economic Reforms and Japan | 183 |
How Japan Should Deal with Russia | 191 |
Toward a New Era of RussianJapanese Relations | 203 |
Regional Security and the Future of the Trilateral Relationship | 215 |
New Opportunities for RussianJapanese Normalization | 219 |
New Priorities for AsiaPacific Security | 223 |
Regional Security Context | 237 |
From Gorbachev to Yeltsin | 75 |
Shintaro Abes Creative Diplomacy | 83 |
The Debate before the Summit | 93 |
Continuing Stalemate | 103 |
Japans Russia Policy and the October 1993 Summit | 119 |
Overcoming the Psychological Impasse | 127 |
Beyond the Cold War | 133 |
The Territorial Dispute in the PostCold War International Context | 137 |
An Age of Upheaval | 145 |
Paths to Resolution of the Territorial Dispute | 153 |
Natural Resources of the Disputed Area | 161 |
Naval and Other Forces in the Northwest Pacific | 247 |
Japan Russia and Nuclear Nonproliferation | 257 |
Russia and the United StatesJapan Partnership | 267 |
Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Energy and Defense Conversion | 283 |
Cooperative Security in Northeast Asia | 293 |
Chronology of Events 19851994 | 313 |
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About the Editors and Contributors | 365 |