Japan as a normal state: relying on the collective defence approach.

• Main Author: Singh, Bhubhindar.
• Other Authors: Khong, Yuen Foong
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Military and naval science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/14403
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Throughout the Cold War period, Japan emerged as a major player in the economic sphere, but handicapped in the political/security sphere. This limited role in the political/security sphere has come under severe criticism in the post-Cold War era. Japan realises that to become a normal state, it woul...