Alexandra Sakaki Livres

Employing a comparative framework, the book analyzes Germany's and Japan's foreign policy trajectories after the Cold War. It utilizes qualitative content analysis of key speeches to explore national role conceptions and policymakers' perceived responsibilities. Through case studies on missile defense policies and textbook disputes, the study challenges the notion that these nations are diverging significantly in their foreign policy behaviors, providing a nuanced understanding of their regional roles and actions.

The book explores the potential roles of Germany and Japan in enhancing global security and maintaining the international order. It examines their military capabilities, historical contexts, and political will to engage more actively in defense initiatives. Through analysis of current geopolitical challenges, the author discusses how these nations can contribute to global stability while navigating their unique historical legacies and domestic constraints. The work encourages a reevaluation of their military strategies in the context of rising global tensions.

This important book fills the gap in existing literature by employing an explicitly comparative framework for analyzing and evaluating Germany's and Japan's post-Cold War regional foreign policy trajectories. Through a qualitative content analysis of key foreign policy speeches, this book traces and compares German and Japanese national role conceptions by identifying policymakers' perceived duties and responsibilities of their country. Further, through two case studies on missile defence policies and textbook disputes this study investigates actual foreign policy behaviour in order to question the assertion that post Cold War Germany and Japan are following very different paths.