Overview
- The first interdisciplinary volume to commemorates the 70th anniversary of the San Francisco Treaty
- Considers the ramifications of the San Francisco Treaty/System on regional security in the post-Trump world
- Puts forward a compelling argument that the welfare and needs of Asia should prevail beyond narrow parochial narratives
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This remarkable collection commemorates the 70th anniversary of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Conference by revisiting the important legacies of both the Peace Treaty and the US-Japan Security Treaty have had on the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific. Drawing on multiple perspectives, the volume conveys the hopes and fears that the authors have for the domestic and international politics of the region. In a post Trumpian world marked by the US-China tensions amidst a raging pandemic, the region’s continued prosperity looks exceedingly grim. Would the arrangements made in 1951 continue to have relevance for an Indo-Pacific region beset by great power rivalry and potential conflict fuelled by contending nationalisms, clashing interests and territorial disputes? Through a rigorous debate based on the latest empirical developments, the volume explores various ways where by the spirit and legacies of San Francisco arrangements can be meaningfully preserved and enhanced. In order for the region stronger and more prosperous in the post-pandemic world, the countries have to come together to enhance the existing security architecture to contain great power rivalry and ensure that a regional order capable of addressing problems of the 21st century eventually evolves.
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“This clear, coherent, and engaging volume offers important insights into the historical legacy, contemporary importance, and future salience of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the US-Japan Security Treaty of 1951. It provides a wealth of novel assessments on key issues that continue to shape the contours of the regional security order, such as the hub-and-spokes system, Japan’s foreign policy, bilateral and multilateral relations, alliances and strategic partnerships, and territorial disputes. Now that the global economic weight and political power are increasingly shifting to the Indo-Pacific and great-power competition is intensifying, the chapters in this book present a timely and critical portrait of the challenges faced by the San Francisco System. This empirically rich volume is essential reading for students, academics, policymakers and anyone with an interest in the evolving security dynamics of the region.” (Bart Gaens, Leading Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki)
“The historic 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty signed between Japan and the Allied Powers, led by the United States set the course for Japan’s postwar politics and foreign policy for decades to follow. Yoneyuki Sugita and Victor Teo have ably put together a collection of thirteen excellent chapters covering wide-ranging topics that examine the continuing impact of that treaty signed seventy years ago. For anyone interested in Japan’s society, politics and foreign policy, this volume is highly recommended to get a historic insight into Japan’s contemporary affairs.” (Purnendra Jain, Emeritus Professor Japanese Studies, The University of Adelaide)Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Yoneyuki Sugita is professor at Kobe Women’s Junior College. He received his Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. His major works include Defamiliarizing Japan’s Asia-Pacific War eds. by Michael W. Myers and Puck Brecher (U. of Hawaii Press, 2019); Japan’s Search for Strategic Security Partnerships eds. by Gauri Khandekar and Bart Gaens (Routledge, 2017); Japanese Development Cooperation eds. by André Asplund and Marie Soderberg (Routledge, 2017); and Pitfall or Panacea: The Irony of US Power in Occupied Japan 1945-1952 (Routledge, 2003).
Victor Teo is Research Fellow associated with the Beyond Cold War Project based at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research of Arts Social Sciences and Humanities. He was previously Wang Gungwu Senior Visiting Fellow at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute Singapore and served as a faculty member at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author and editor of seven books related to China, Japan and International Relations of the Asia-Pacific, and his latest publication is Japan’s Arduous Rejuvenation as a Global Power: Democratic Resilience and the US-China Challenge (Palgrave Macmillan 2019). Dr Teo was called to the Bar of England and Wales by Middle Temple (UK) and received his PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Rethinking the San Francisco System in Indo-Pacific Security
Book Subtitle: Enduring Legacies, Structural Contradictions and Geopolitical Rivalry
Editors: Yoneyuki Sugita, Victor Teo
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-1231-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1230-6Published: 21 June 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-1233-7Published: 22 June 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-1231-3Published: 20 June 2022
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 327
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 15 illustrations in colour
Topics: Asian History, Asian Politics, International Relations, International Security Studies, World History, Global and Transnational History