Download or read book Japan’s Foreign and Security Policy Under the ‘Abe Doctrine’ written by C. Hughes and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-27 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Japan is shifting onto a new trajectory for a more muscular national security policy, US-Japan alliance ties functioning for regional and global security, and the encirclement of China's influence in East Asia. The author explores how PM Abe Shinz?'s doctrine may prove contradictory and counter-productive to Japanese national interests.