Abe's Proactive Engagement in Southeast Asia: The Pattern of Security Capacity Building and Cooperation

Abe;ASEAN;China;Japan;security;Southeast Asia;327

국제대학원 국제학과 ;

University:서울대학교 국제대학원

关键词: Abe;    ASEAN;    China;    Japan;    security;    Southeast Asia;    327;   

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美国|英语

来源: Seoul National University Open Repository

【 摘 要 】

This thesis examines why Abe is readdressing Southeast Asia more proactively than his predecessors and how Abe has attempted to engage different countries in the region to achieve Japan’s strategic goals. This thesis suggests that Japan’s proactive engagement in Southeast Asia is motivated by a sense of urgency due to China’s assertive behaviors and accelerated by the United States’ Rebalance to Asia. In order to find the pattern of security capacity building and cooperation between Japan and Southeast Asian countries, the ten ASEAN countries were categorized into three different groups. The first group consists of Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. The second group consists of Brunei, Malaysia, and Thailand, while the last group consists of Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar. After analyzing the empirical evidence that shows Japan’s engagement with these countries, this thesis suggests that Japan’s proactive engagement in all ASEAN countries involves an increase in security-oriented ODA and bilateral defense cooperation. However, one can see that Japan certainly has different major goals and strategies in engaging each different group. Therefore, Japan’s proactive engagement toward each group differs in terms of the amount of assistance and the type of cooperation.