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Book/Printed Material Allies growing closer : Japan-Europe security ties in the age of strategic competition

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Title

  • Allies growing closer : Japan-Europe security ties in the age of strategic competition

Summary

  • Some of the United States' most powerful and trustworthy allies are its European partners and Japan. This report presents the results of a RAND Corporation study examining how Japan, the North Atlantic treaty Organization (NATO), and three European states - the United Kingdom (UK), France, and Germany - are increasingly cooperating in the security domain in this age of growing strategic competition. Seeking to build on extensive work done by European and Japanese scholars to assess and understand developments in these relationships, the author utilized official documents and publications and an extensive program of field research in Tokyo, London, Paris, Brussels, and Berlin that included 56 interviews with officials, armed forces personnel, and subject-matter experts. The analysis focused on (1) defense and strategic dialogues, (2) defense exchanges, defense cooperation, and defense-related industrial cooperation, and (3) training and exercises. The results show that Japan-UK security ties are the most robust but lack an overarching strategy that pulls the separate lines of effort together into a coherent whole. Japan-France ties are significant and growing, and they fit will wtihin the two countries' regional strategies, but the track record is less robust than that of Japan-UK ties. Japan's bilateral ties with Germany lack depth, but there is a growing convergence around strategic interests. Finally, Japan's ties with NATO lack regular dialogues and exchanges, but they have a growing record of cooperation inexercises and noncombat operations. These discrete lines of effort matter, and closing recommendations offer way they can further be fostered. -- page 4 of cover.

Names

  • Hornung, Jeffrey W., 1975- author
  • Rand Corporation, publisher
  • Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division

Created / Published

  • Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, [2020]
  • ©2020

Contents

  • Chapter One, Introduction. Organization of This Report ; Methodology -- Chapter Two, The Strategic Context. U.S. Strategic Documents ; Japanese Motivations ; Conclusion -- Chapter Three, The United Kingdom. History ; Defense and Strategic Dialogues ; Defense Exchanges, Defense Cooperation, and Defense-Related Industrial Cooperation ; Training and Exercises ; Motivations ; Divergences ; Conclusion -- Chapter Four, France. History ; Defense and Strategic Dialogues ; Defense Exchanges, Defense Cooperation, and Defense-Related Industrial Cooperation ; Training and Exercises ; Motivations ; Divergences ; Conclusion -- Chapter Five, Germany. History ; Defense and Strategic Dialogues ; Defense Exchanges, Defense Cooperation, and Defense-Related Industrial Cooperation ; Training and Exercises ; Motivations ; Divergences ; Conclusion -- Chapter Six, The North Atlantic Treaty Organization. History ; Defense and Strategic Dialogues ; Defense Exchanges, Defense Cooperation, and Defense-Related Industrial Cooperation ; Training and Exercises ; Motivations ; Divergences ; Conclusion -- Chapter Seven, Conclusion. Similarities ; Differences ; Significance for the United States ; Recommendations; Conclusions.

Headings

  • -  Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
  • -  North Atlantic Treaty Organization
  • -  Great Britain
  • -  Japan
  • -  France
  • -  Germany
  • -  Japan--Foreign relations--Great Britain
  • -  Japan--Foreign relations--France
  • -  Japan--Foreign relations--Germany
  • -  Diplomatic relations

Notes

  • -  "Prepared for the Sasakawa Peace Foundation"
  • -  Also available on the Internet as a PDF file.
  • -  Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-119).
  • -  Description based on print version record; resource not viewed.

Medium

  • 1 online resource (xii, 119 pages)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • DS891.2

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2024739305

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  • Unrestricted online access

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Hornung, Jeffrey W., Author, Publisher Rand Corporation, and Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division. Allies growing closer: Japan-Europe security ties in the age of strategic competition. [Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, ©, 2020] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024739305/.

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Hornung, J. W., Rand Corporation, P. & Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division. (2020) Allies growing closer: Japan-Europe security ties in the age of strategic competition. [Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, ©] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2024739305/.

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Hornung, Jeffrey W., Author, Publisher Rand Corporation, and Rand Corporation. National Security Research Division. Allies growing closer: Japan-Europe security ties in the age of strategic competition. [Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, ©, 2020] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2024739305/>.