international relations

Japan

nuclear weapons

occupation / innovator as

university teacher

philosopher

nationality

American

political scientist

innovator in the field of

chairperson

politician

scientific organization

American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Korean War

World War II

Phi Beta Kappa Society

is, from a realist approach, inevitably striving for great power status among nations, including the possession of nuclear weapons.

The realist approach, which sees Japan as the 'next in line' to be a great power, including the possession of nuclear weapons, is represented by Kenneth Waltz. For Waltz, it would be a 'structural anomaly' for Japan not to opt for such great power status.

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Kenneth Waltz