Shaping Pragmatic and Effective Strategy Toward China

The Sasakawa Peace Foundation's project " Shaping the Pragmatic and Effective Strategy toward China" (2020-) aims to deter Chinese military adventurism, maintain a rules-based order in the Indo-Pacific region, continue the current economic prosperity of the United States and Japan, and guide China toward becoming a rules-oriented player in the region. The members of the project have discussed topics such as China's domestic politics and economy and future prospects, export control of sensitive technologies, the security environment in the East Asian region, and challenges to U.S.-Japan alliance cooperation. As a result of this research, we are now issuing policy proposal, "Shaping Pragmatic and Effective Strategy Toward China”.

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※You can read Japanese version here.
 

 

Proposal 1: Japan and the U.S. coordination for the long-standing competition with China

Proposal 2: How narratives of defending the rules-based international order can help in winning the soft power competition with China

Proposal 3: We must rebuild our global policy to deal with China

Proposal 4: The establishment of Japan and the U.S. Track 1.5 dialogue for military resilience

Proposal 5: Japan and the U.S. cooperation for securing Japan’s Southern Flank

Proposal 6: Formulation of new Japan-U.S. joint procedure adjustments in response to changes in Japan’s defense policy

Proposal 7: Facilitate U.S.-Japan-Australia-ROK Coordination

Proposal 8: Champion–regional digital economy rules

Proposal 9: Costs associated with regulations on technology and product transfers to China should be minimized

Proposal 10: Establish Economic Policy Consultative Committee (EPCC) Embassy Coordination Teams

Proposal 11: The grand strategy of security, economic security and economy for Japan and the U.S.
 

 Authors (alphabetical order)
 

Eric Heginbotham, Principal Research Scientist at MIT’s Center for International Studies
Matake Kamiya, Professor, National Defense Academy of Japan
Kazuko Kojima, Professor, Keio University
Susumu Nakamura, Senior Visiting Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation / Senior Researcher of Keio Research Institute at SFC
Heigo Sato, Professor, Faculty of International Studies & Institute of World Studies Takushoku University
James L. Schoff, Senior Director, Sasakawa Peace Foundation USA
Mireya Solís, Director, Center for East Asia Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
Nicholas Szechenyi, Senior Fellow, Japan Chair and Deputy Director for Asia, CSIS
Toshiya Tsugami, Adjunct Fellow, Japan Institute for International Affairs
Tsuneo Watanabe, Senior Fellow, Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Noboru Yamaguchi, Professor, International University of Japan

The views expressed in this report are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the organizations with which they are affiliated or the Sasakawa Peace Foundation.
 

Vol. 1 Mireya Solís
Toward a U.S.-Japan digital alliance
 
Vol. 2 Toshiya Tsugami
China Heads for the “Middle-Income Trap”

Vol. 3 Noboru Yamaguchi
The Geostrategy of BRI vs. FOIP and the Role for Japan
 
Vol. 4 Susumu Nakamura
The Joint Japan-U.S. Response to a Taiwan Contingency — How to Prepare and Respond
 
Vol. 5 Kazuko Kojima
China’s Approach to the Development of Rule by Law and Foreign Relations
 
Vol. 6 Matake Kamiya
The U.S.-Japan Alliance as a “Counter-China Alliance”: What Should Be Done, What Should Be Avoided
 
Vol. 7 Nicholas Szechenyi
An Agile Alliance: Managing Strategic Competition with China
 
Vol. 8 Tsuneo Watanabe
What are the common strategic interests and rationale to compete with China by Japan and the US?
 
Vol. 9 Eric Heginbotham
A New Conception of Roles and Missions: Japan SDF as the Elite “Inside Force”
 
Vol. 10 James L. Schoff
China and the New Role for Economic Security in the US-Japan Alliance
 
Vol. 11 Heigo Sato
Coordinating Japan-US Export Controls amid Growing China Security Risks