CAS PO 552 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Civilian Power, Trans-Pacific Partnership
7 Sep 2015
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Japan is a key player but it is not a super power: significant technological base, try very hard to play a large role in international affairs, would like to be a peace nation, civilian power, leading by example but it is being pushed to do that, abe shinzo (conservative) is trying to get japan to assume a large military role, japan has a well equipped and trained military, but not the best, only spends 1% of the gdp on military expenses, could put together a nuclear arsenal, china has a military expense 3x that of japan"s.
