Description:
This lecture examines the role of civil society regarding Japan's national
security policymaking and security relations with the US. The lecture will
first give an overview of Japanese civil society's development and US-Japan
security relations in the post-World War II period. It will then examine,
from a comparative perspective, the dilemmas for Japan between a strong
US alliance relationship and the pursuit of more vigorous and autonomous
policy initiatives in security and nuclear issues. A focus of analysis
will be the interaction between Japanese civil society actors, such as
peace groups and disarmament NGOs, and the Japanese and U.S. governments
in national security and nuclear issue areas.
 Objective:
The aim is to introduce the students to an aspect of US-Japan relations
that will have crucial importance in shaping the future relations between
the two Pacific allies. The students are encouraged to challenge the conventional
wisdom regarding national security and think creatively about the future
contour of US-Japan security relations.
 Recommended Readings:
Kamimura, Naoki. "Japanese Civil Society, Local Government, and U.S.-Japan
Security Relations in the 1990s: A Preliminary Survey," in Chieko
Kitagawa Otsuru and Edward Rhodes (eds), Nationalism and Citizenship III. JCAS Occasional Paper 11 (Feb. 2001): 1-16.
Iriye, Akira, and Robert A. Wampler (eds). Partnership: The United States and Japan, 1951-2001. New York: Kodansha International, 2001.
Name:KAMIMURA Naoki
Present Post and Title: Professor, Faculty of International Studies, Hiroshima City University
Final Education: University of California, Los Angeles, Ph.D.
Specialized Field: US Diplomatic History and International Relations
Recent Publications:
*"Civil Society and Nuclear Disarmament: A Comparison of U.S. and
Japanese Experiences during the 1980s and 1990s," in Ryo Oshiba, Edward
Rhodes, and Chieko Kitagawa Otsuru (eds), "We the People" in the Global Age: Re-examination of Nationalism
and Citizenship. JCAS Symposium Series 18 (2002): 125-308.
*"Japanese Civil Society, Local Government, and U.S.-Japan Security
Relations in the 1990s:A Preliminary Survey," in Chieko Kitagawa Otsuru
and Edward Rhodes (eds), Nationalism and Citizenship III. JCAS Occasional Paper 11 (Feb. 2001):1-16.
*"Post-Cold War U.S. Foreign Policy Decision Making and Security Policy
toward Japan: A Preliminary Survey," Hiroshima Journal of International Studies 3 (May 1997): 19-41.
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| He received his Ph.D. in US diplomatic history from UCLA. He was a visiting
MacArthur fellow at SAIS, the Johns Hopkins University (1989-91), visiting
fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, the Australian National
University (2000), visiting scholar at the Reischauer Institute, Harvard
University (2000-2001). He specializes in US foreign relations, with a
focus on Japan, Australia, New Zealand, and Latin America. Currently he
is working on the security politics of the US alliance, focusing on civil
society and nuclear disarmament in America's Pacific allies. |
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