On Monday 08 June 2009 Christopher W. Hughes, Professor of International Politics and Japanese Studies, University of Warwick will launch his new Adelphi book 'Japan’s Remilitarisation' from 1-2pm.
The Adelphi book series, the Institute's principal contribution to policy-relevant, original academic research, has adopted a strikingly new style. Adelphis are now short books, rather than long monographs. The new style also involves a modernised appearance, including individually designed cover art for each new book. Japan’s Remilitarisation by Christopher W Hughes is the first book in the new-look series.
Is Japan on a path towards assuming a greater military role internationally, or has the recent military normalisation ground to a halt since the premiership of Junichiro Koizumi? In this book, Christopher W. Hughes assesses developments in defence expenditure, civil–military relations, domestic and international military–industrial complexes, Japan’s procurement of regional and global power-projection capabilities, the expansion of US–Japan cooperation, and attitudes towards nuclear weapons, constitutional revision and the use of military force. Read more
