Editors’ Note Contributors Acknowledgements Map: East Asia Foreword Introduction Chapter One: Japan’s bridging role between Asia and the West Chapter Two: The role of the IISS in bridging Japanese and Western strategic thinking 1960s Timeline of events (1945?1960s) Chapter Three: The Japanese attitude towards China Chapter Four: American?Japanese relations Chapter Five: The Asian balance of power: a comparison with European precedents Chapter Six: The non-proliferation treaty and Japan 1970s Timeline of events Chapter Seven: Japan’s security in a multipolar world Chapter Eight: Japan’s non-nuclear policy Chapter Nine: Options for Japan’s foreign policy Chapter Ten: The energy problem and alliance systems: Japan Chapter Eleven: Naval competition and security in East Asia 1980s Timeline of events Chapter Twelve: The changing security circumstances in the 1980s Chapter Thirteen The 1984 Alastair Buchan Memorial Lecture Chapter Fourteen: Japanese security policy: address by Mr Tadashi Kuranari, foreign minister of Japan, 8 September 1986 (excerpts) Chapter Fifteen: East Asia, the Pacific and the West: strategic trends and implications: part II Chapter Sixteen: The security of north-east Asia: part I Chapter Seventeen: Prospects for security co-operation between East Asia and the West 1990s Timeline of events Chapter Eighteen: Japan’s role in international affairs Chapter Nineteen: What role for Europe in Asian affairs? Chapter Twenty: Rethinking Japan?US relations: security issues Chapter Twenty-One: Identities and security in East Asia 2000?2020s Timeline of events Chapter Twenty-Two: China debates missile defence Chapter Twenty-Three: Great-power relations in Asia: a Japanese perspective Chapter Twenty-Four: The 13th IISS Asia Security Summit ? the Shangri-La Dialogue: keynote address Chapter Twenty-Five: ‘We are all small countries now’: IISS 2019 Alastair Buchan Lecture Chapter Twenty-Six The 19th Regional Security Summit ? the Shangri-La Dialogue: keynote address Index