Vietnam and the Philippines : contrasting responses to Japan's defense normalization

• Main Author: Bodirsky, Daniel P.
• Other Authors: Geoffrey Till
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65508
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Since Shinzo Abe's second term as Prime Minister began in 2012, Japan has taken on a decidedly more muscular foreign policy direction. This includes controversial reinterpretations of Japan's pacifist constitution, and increased security engagement with the countries of Southeast Asia, in...