Bilateral Perspectives on Regional Security

This book assesses the key factors underlying such Australian-Japanese cooperation and those policy challenges that could impede it. Experts offer critical insights into why their two countries – traditionally the two key 'spokes' in the US bilateral alliance network spanning Asia – are moving toward a security relationship in their own right.

RIKKI KERSTEN is Professor of Modern Japanese Political History in the Department of Political and Social Change at the Australian National University, Australia. Her research interests include Japanese democracy, fascism and transwar political thought, and Japan's foreign and security policies.

WILLIAM TOW is Professor of International Relations at the Australian National University, Australia. He specialises in Asia-Pacific security, alliance politics and regional security architecture. He is currently Head of the Department of International Relations, IPS at the ANU.