Goldilocks consensus

Japan

national security

nationality

American

occupation / innovator as

political scientist

university professor

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)

innovator in the field of

East Asian studies

Japan studies

political science

security

is Japanese's national security strategy which positions it not too close and not too far from the current hegemon and protector.

that positions Japan not too close and not too far from the current hegemon and protector'.

is a foreign policy position whereby one remains not too close and not too far from the current hegemon and protector.

is, for Japanese, such that economics essentially is national security and the Japanese will accept higher factor costs for essentially the same reason that the United States will overpay for its defense systems. It makes each feel more secure.

Statistics show that Japan is more dependent on imports of a broad array of raw materials than any other major industrial state. Moreover, that dependence, because of high rates of economic growth, has increased greatly since 1960. Perception of vulnerability dominate strategic planning documents. 'In this view,' writes Richard Samuels, 'economics is national security for the Japanese. . . It is only a slight exaggeration to say that the Japanese will accept higher factor costs for essentially the same reason that the United States will overpay for its defence systems. It makes each feel more secure.'

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