2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
US-Japan relationship over nuclear fuel cycle: interaction of non-proliferation and peaceful use of nuclear technology
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25380190
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
International relations
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| Research Institution | Hitotsubashi University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 国際関係論 / 対外政策論 / 日米原子力協力協定 / 核不拡散 / 日米関係 / 規制力 / 安全保障 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The US-Japan relationship within the nuclear non-proliferation regime has been developed with tensions and harmonization of policy priorities. The awkward co-existence of non-proliferation and peaceful use values within the NPT system provide an underlying rhetoric of conflict between the United States and Japan. In the meantime, there is a trilateral interlocking mechanism among technological choice and diffusion, politics over a regulatory scheme, and the dynamics of market. The shaping of a regulatory scheme is heavily influenced by technological paradigm, which the market chose. But the market could be shaped by a strong competitor which holds dominant technology. But as the United States declines in the market, it would seek partnership with like-minded countries in order to maintain its influence in regulatory politics. That is a structural account of how the two countries established a strong partnership in non-proliferation despite of such divergence over fuel cycle policy.
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| Free Research Field |
政治学
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