| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
NAKAGAWA Yoshio Faculty of Foreign Studies, Kyoto University of Foreign Studies, Professor, 外国語学部, 教授 (20175491)
IZUMI Hajime Faculty of International Relations, University of Shizuoka, Professor, 国際関係学部, 教授 (00193376)
INOGUCHI Takashi Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, Professor, 東洋文化研究所, 教授 (30053698)
TAKEDA Yasuhiro School of Social Sciences, National Defense Academy of Japan, Associate Professor, 社会科学教室, 助教授
TAKEDA Isami Faculty of Foreign Languages, Dokkyo University, Professor, 外国語大学部, 教授 (50179636)
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| Research Abstract |
Despite the increasing importance of the Asia-Pacific region, there have been few comprehensive studies on the process of foreign policy decision-making and implementation of the countries in the region. Even studies on individual countries, except Japan, the U.S. and China, are rare ; let alone comprehensive comparative studies. This project, therefore, attempts, first, to give accurate description of institutional frameworks of foreign policy formulation and implementation of the countries in the Asia-Pacific (Japan, South Korea, North Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, Australia, and other counties), and, second, to conduct interviews with specialists and practitioners and case studies of various important issues in order to clarify salient characteristics of decision-making and implementation of the countries. Furthermore, the project attempts to make a theoretical framework to conduct comparative studies, international environment, domestic institutions, leadership, and political culture are the major variables in this theoretical framework. Several hypotheses about relations among these variables with respect to foreign policy formulation and implementation are distilled from the case studies conducted. Many materials, accumulated during the project, including a bibliography and interview records of specialists and practitioners have already been put on the website of the project (http://www.ioc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/database/asia/) which is to be further developed in the future.
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