The new issue of NBR's journal Asia Policy will come out next month, but readers can now access one of the articles, "The New Asianism: Japanese Foreign Policy under the Democratic Party of Japan," by Daniel Sneider (Stanford University.) A link to the full article and a summary are below.

"The New Asianism: Japanese Foreign Policy under the Democratic Party of Japan,"

By Daniel Sneider (Asia Policy 12, July 2011)

Link: http://m.nbr.org/kGT3Wb

SUMMARY

In 2009, the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) came to power in Japan hoping to rebalance Japanese policy with a greater emphasis on Asia, inspired by a "new Asianism."

Instead, the DPJ's first year in office was marked by foreign policy tensions, and the party has moved painfully along the learning curve from opposition politics to the realities of governance.

In this special Asia Policy article pre-release, National Asia Research Associate Daniel Sneider (Stanford University) examines the DPJ's foreign policy views, both among its core members and leadership and among the experts and policy circles that advise the party.

Sneider contends that now is the time for both Japanese and U.S.
policymakers to engage in a serious dialogue on foreign and security policy. If they fail to seize this moment, he argues, there is a danger that relations could slide into an even greater morass.

Read the full article: http://m.nbr.org/kGT3Wb

Tracy Timmons-Gray
The National Bureau of Asian Research (NBR) Seattle, WA