Kanaev Evgeniy ,

Japan-US Alliance and the South China Sea Issue: Implications for Asia-Pacific Security

ЮГО-ВОСТОЧНАЯ АЗИЯ: АКТУАЛЬНЫЕ ПРОБЛЕМЫ РАЗВИТИЯ, 2017, №34, 61-74

 
Annotation: New nuances in Japan’s policy towards the South China Sea issue reveal Tokyo’s readiness not only to provide it with a further emphasis, but also to transform the pattern of Japan-US alliance towards the modification of the “hub-and-spoke system” from “the US – the alliance partners” to “the US – Japan – the alliance partners”. The implementation of these plans will undermine the coordination of the priorities of Asia-Pacific countries in terms of unifying the parameters of security cooperation in Asia-Pacific and Eurasia, and, by implication, the nascent “Asian century”.

Keywords: Japan, the South China Sea, collective security, cooperative security, common security, “Asian century”