The European Union and Japan as Security Actors: Europe-Japan Political Relations in a Liberal International Order

• Project/Area Number: 17K03600
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: International relations
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Nakamura Hidetoshi 早稲田大学, 政治経済学術院, 教授 (80316166)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): BACON Paul.M. 早稲田大学, 国際学術院, 教授 (40350706) ; 吉沢 晃 関西大学, 法学部, 准教授 (90743857)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2022-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2021)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,290,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥990,000); Fiscal Year 2019: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2018: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2017: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 日欧政治関係 / 安全保障アクター / 国際統合論 / リベラル国際秩序 / EU / ヨーロッパ統合 / ブレグジット / イギリス政治外交 / 国際統合理論 / Brexit

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Liberal International Order (LIO) has been challenged and contested from within since the Brexit vote and Trump’s victory in 2016. However, the European Union and Japan, both as security actors, successfully signed Economic and Strategic Partnership Agreements (EPA and SPA). This shows how the EU and Japan help sustain LIO in spite of the rise of China and Russia. We successfully published several articles and book chapters, including the one published in JCMS.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

2016年6月のブレグジット国民投票と同年11月のトランプ大統領当選という衝撃を受けた後に本研究を始めることになった。二つの衝撃は「リベラル国際秩序」を内部から揺るがせることになったが、「安全保障アクター」としてのEUと日本の政治関係を考察することで、「リベラル国際秩序」の持続可能性を理解することができた。一方で、中国の本格的な台頭やロシアのウクライナ軍事侵攻などで外部からの挑戦が続く「リベラル国際秩序」の行方を探るためにも、EUと日本の政治関係の考察を続けることは大きな意義があることを確認できたと言ってよい。

Research Products

• [Int'l Joint Research] ウォーリック大学/ケント大学/オックスフォード大学(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン自由大学（FUB）(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ブリュッセル自由大学（ULB）/カトリック・ルーヴェン大学（KUL）(ベルギー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ウォーリック大学/ケント大学/オックスフォード大学(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン自由大学（FUB）(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ブリュッセル自由大学（ULB）/カトリック・ルーヴェン大学（KUL）(ベルギー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ウォーリック大学/ケント大学/オックスフォード大学(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン自由大学（FUB）(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ブリュッセル自由大学（ULB）/カトリック・ルーヴェン大学（KUL）(ベルギー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン自由大学（FUB）(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ブリュッセル自由大学（ULB）(ベルギー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ウォーリック大学/ケント大学/オックスフォード大学(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] トリニティカレッジ・ダブリン(アイルランド)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ブリュッセル自由大学（ULB）/ルーヴァン・カトリック大学（KUL)(ベルギー)
• [Int'l Joint Research] ベルリン自由大学（FUB)(ドイツ)
• [Int'l Joint Research] オックスフォード大学/キングズカレッジ・ロンドン/ウォーリック大学(英国)
• [Int'l Joint Research] カンタベリー大学(ニュージーランド)
• [Journal Article] ポストBrexitのEU世界戦略：対外関係の再構築と加盟国間関係のゆらぎ (2022)
  • Author(s): 中村英俊
  • Journal Title: 日本EU学会年報 Volume: 42 Pages: 53-58
• [Journal Article] Diffusing the Abolitionist Norm in Japan: EU ‘Death Penalty Diplomacy’ and the Gap between Rhetoric and Reality in EU?Japan Relations (2021)
  • Author(s): Bacon Paul、Nakamura Hidetoshi
  • Journal Title: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies Volume: online first Issue: 5 Pages: 1-21
  • DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13177
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] EU-Japan Security Cooperation: Trends and Prospects, edited by E.Kirchner and H.Dorussen (London: Routledge, 2019, ISBN 9781138315808); xxiii+223pp., ￡120.00 hb. (2021)
  • Author(s): Nakamura Hidetoshi
  • Journal Title: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies Volume: 59 Issue: 1 Pages: 181-182
  • DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13148
• [Journal Article] 欧州議会選挙と筆頭候補制ー正統性の観点からの分析 (2020)
  • Author(s): 吉沢晃
  • Journal Title: ワセダアジアレビュー Volume: 22 Pages: 46-50
• [Journal Article] EU競争政策の正統性と消費者の役割ー集団損害賠償請求制度案の失敗を事例として (2019)
  • Author(s): 吉沢晃
  • Journal Title: 日本EU学会年報 Volume: 39 Pages: 153-172
  • NAID: 130008054570
• [Journal Article] The European Union and Japan in a Fluid Global Liberal Order: Establishing an Inter-Regional Studies Centre (2019)
  • Author(s): Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • Journal Title: Journal of Inter-Regional Studies: Regional and Global Perspectives Volume: 2 Pages: 2-3
  • Open Access
• [Journal Article] NATO Global Perceptions Views from the Asia-Pacific Region (2018)
  • Author(s): Chaban, N., Bacon, P., Burton, J. and Vernygora, V.
  • Journal Title: Asian Security Volume: Volume 14, Issue 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 1-7
  • DOI: 10.1080/14799855.2017.1361726
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] NATO-Japan Relations: Projecting Strategic Narratives of “Natural Partnership” and Cooperative Security (2018)
  • Author(s): Paul Bacon and Joe Burton
  • Journal Title: Asian Security Volume: Volume 14, Issue 1 Issue: 1 Pages: 38-50
  • DOI: 10.1080/14799855.2017.1361730
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
• [Journal Article] WTOにおける競争法制定失敗の政治過程：EUの役割を中心に (2018)
  • Author(s): 吉沢晃
  • Journal Title: ワセダアジアレビュー Volume: 20 Pages: 71-76
• [Presentation] グローバル・ブリテンの理想と現実：イギリスのEU離脱と「インド太平洋」政策 (2021)
  • Author(s): 中村英俊
  • Organizer: グローバル・ガバナンス学会
• [Presentation] ブレグジット後のEU (2021)
  • Author(s): 中村英俊
  • Organizer: 早稲田大学地域・地域間研究機構（ORIS）シンポジウム（「米中対立と世界秩序」）
• [Presentation] Brexit and Actorness: UK, EU and Japan in a fluid global liberal order (2019)
  • Author(s): Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • Organizer: Warwick/Waseda Seminar, held at Warwick on 10 September 2019
• [Presentation] The EU's external competition policy: a hybrid approach? (2019)
  • Author(s): Hikaru Yoshizawa
  • Organizer: 2019 Japan-EU Forum, ULB (Brussels),11 March 2019.
• [Presentation] Shared values and like-minded partners? The successes and setbacks of the EU's 'death penalty diplomacy' in Japan (2018)
  • Author(s): Paul Bacon and Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • Organizer: JSPS Core-to-Core Seminar, Waseda University, 30 October 2018.
• [Presentation] A Security Community in North East Asia? Towards a theory of inter-regional studies (2018)
  • Author(s): Hidetoshi Nakamura
  • Organizer: JSPS Core-to-Core Seminar, Waseda University, 30 October 2018.
• [Presentation] The EU and Japan in a Fluid Global Liberal Order: Inter-Regional Studies Perspectives (2018)
  • Author(s): Nakamura Hidetoshi
  • Organizer: EU-Japan Forum
• [Presentation] The Legitimacy Problem in EU Competition Policy (2018)
  • Author(s): Yoshizawa Hikaru
  • Organizer: EU-Japan Forum
• [Presentation] The EU and Human Rights promotion in the Asia-Pacific: a new approach to the study of norm diffusion (2017)
  • Author(s): Bacon Paul
  • Organizer: EUSAAP Annual Conference
  • Int'l Joint Research
• [Book] European Union Competition Policy versus Industrial Competitiveness: Stringent Regulation and its External Implications (Globalisation, Europe, and Multilateralism) (2021)
  • Author(s): YOSHIZAWA, Hikaru
  • Total Pages: 152
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9780367757670
• [Book] ＥＵの規範とパワー (2021)
  • Author(s): 市川 顕、髙林 喜久生（吉沢晃、分担執筆）
  • Total Pages: 244
  • Publisher: 中央経済社
  • ISBN: 9784502374012
• [Book] よくわかるＥＵ政治 (2020)
  • Author(s): 坂井 一成、八十田 博人（吉沢晃、分担執筆）
  • Total Pages: 240
  • Publisher: ミネルヴァ書房
  • ISBN: 9784623088249
• [Book] Supranational Governance at Stake: The EU’s External Competences caught between Complexity and Fragmentation (2020)
  • Author(s): Mario TELO, Anne WEYEMBERGH eds. (Hikaru YOSHIZAWA)
  • Total Pages: 306
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9780367821180
• [Book] EU－欧州統合の現在［第4版］ (2020)
  • Author(s): 鷲江 義勝（吉沢晃「競争政策」）
  • Total Pages: 304
  • Publisher: 創元社
  • ISBN: 9784422300801
• [Book] The EU-Japan Partnership in the Shadow of China: The crisis of liberalism (2019)
  • Author(s): A. Berkofsky, C. Hughes, P. Midford and M. Soderberg (P. Bacon and H. Nakakamura)
  • Total Pages: 282
  • Publisher: Routledge
• [Book] The EU-Japan Partnership in the Shadow of China: The Crisis of Liberalism (2019)
  • Author(s): Axel Berkofsky, Christopher W. Hughes, Paul Midford and Marie Soderberg
  • Total Pages: 265
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 9780815397984