Smart Power and Japan’s Self-Defense Forces.

From Iraq to the Gulf of Aden and the South Pacific, this paper evaluates how far theoretical ideas about smart power manifest in operational missions of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF). To function within a ‘smart’ power context, this paper suggests that JSDF operates in ‘assisting’ mode, rath...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Strategic Studies Vol. 38; no. 3; pp. 282 - 309
Autor principal:	Heng, Yee-Kuang
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Apr2015
Materias:	Soft power (Social sciences) Self-defense (International law) Japan. Self-Defense Forces Japanese foreign relations Japanese participation in the Iraq War, 2003-2011 Aggression (International law) Japanese politics & government
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