Japan’s Diplomacy toward China from the Perspective of Regionalism
2021/10/08
abstract
In recent years, a major practice of regionalism in Japan’s diplomacy
has undoubtedly been its proposal and implementation of the “Indo-Pacific” concept. The term “Indo-Pacific” is not only a spatial concept
that combines the respective natural and geographical regions of the two
oceans, but it is also a new cross-domain discourse structure and to a geat
extent a geopolitical construct. In the new environment characterized by
the changing international order, Japan has been deeply concerned about
China’s rise in contrast to the United States’ relative decline, worrying
that China would dominate the construction of future Asia-Pacific or
Indo-Pacific order through its Belt and Road Initiative. As the traditional
geopolitical mindset still prevails, Japan has developed a regional strategy
for the Indo-Pacific
author：
Cai Liang
Cai Liang