Contents
Aims and structure of the study
Methodological approach and analytical framework
The impact of the international environment on Japan–EU diplomatic relations
1 Walking the road of low diplomacy (1951–1979)
1.1 Two-faced Japan: US ally, Europe’s chagrin (the 1950s)
1.2 Walking the road of low diplomacy (the 1960s)
1.3 The Nixonian transition and Japan’s shock (the 1970s)
2 From quiet politics to quiet achievements (1980–2011)
2.1 No more a danger, not yet a partner (the 1980s)
2.2 The end of détente and the new Japanese security frontiers
2.3 The Joint Declaration and the opportunities of acquired maturity (the 1990s)
2.4 The confirmed partnership of the New Millennium: the Joint Japan–EU Action Plan (2001)
Mediating actorness and culture in Japan–EU diplomatic dialogue
3 Japan and the EU in the ASEM framework: mirrored diplomacies
3.1 Changing boundaries in Japan’s security diplomacy
3.2 Key points in the shifting ASEM multilayered framework
3.3 Mirroring Japan and the EU within ASEM
4 Actorness and theoretical divides
4.1 The evolving EU international actorness
4.2 Metaphors of European security and defence
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