Japan’s “Free and Open Indo-Pacific” strategy : Tokyo’s tactical hedging and the implications for ASEAN

• Main Author: Koga, Kei
• Other Authors: School of Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Social sciences::Political science::International relations; Japan; Indo-Pacific; ASEAN; Tactical Hedging; International Security
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/155568
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This article argues that by creating a “Free and Open Indo-Pacific Strategy” (FOIPS) in 2016, Japan has engaged in “tactical hedging” to cope with the strategic uncertainty engendered by China’s growing economic power and political influence in Asia and the Trump administration’s uncertain foreign p...