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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of World History</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Всеобщая история</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-8127</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-833X</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">33149</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-8127-2022-14-4-410-426</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Modern World</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Современный мир</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Security Policy Options for Japan in Three Time Frameworks</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Потенциальная стратегия Японии по обеспечению национальной безопасности</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6309-3679</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Toyoda</surname><given-names>Tetsuya</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Тоёда</surname><given-names>Тэцуя</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Director of the Institute for Asian Studies and Regional Cooperation</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>директор Института азиатских исследований и регионального сотрудничества</p></bio><email>toyoda@aiu.ac.jp</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7693-0736</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Vaseneva</surname><given-names>Ekaterina</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Васенёва</surname><given-names>Екатерина</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Bachelor of Arts in Asia Studies, National Research University - Higher School of Economics HSE. Research Assistant, Centre for Comprehensive European and International Studies</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>бакалавр азиатских исследований, Национальный исследовательский университет - Высшая школа экономики ВШЭ; стажер-исследователь, Центр комплексных европейских и международных исследований (Россия).</p></bio><email>eavasenyova@edu.hse.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Takahama</surname><given-names>Ryo</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Такахама</surname><given-names>Рё</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en">Student</bio><bio xml:lang="ru">студент</bio><email>b1801487@gl.aiu.ac.jp</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Akita International University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Международный университет Акита</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">National Research University - Higher School of Economics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный исследовательский университет Высшая школа экономики</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2022-12-31" publication-format="electronic"><day>31</day><month>12</month><year>2022</year></pub-date><volume>14</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Political History, Culture and Religion of Asia</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Политическая история,  культура и религия стран Азии</issue-title><fpage>410</fpage><lpage>426</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2022-12-31"><day>31</day><month>12</month><year>2022</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2022, Toyoda T., Vaseneva E., Takahama R.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2022, Тоёда Т., Васенёва Е., Такахама Р.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2022</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Toyoda T., Vaseneva E., Takahama R.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Тоёда Т., Васенёва Е., Такахама Р.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/33149">https://journals.rudn.ru/world-history/article/view/33149</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p style="text-align: justify;">This paper examines security policy options for Japan at the present stage that may be worth considering in the short term, the midterm, and the long term, respectively. Hence, the aim of the paper is to examine foreign policy security options for Japan in the foreseeable future. While providing a comprehensive overview of the Japanese foreign and security policy at the present stage, the article employs the case study methodological framework to analyze Japan’s foreign policy objectives in case of Tokyo’s relations with the most critical partners in the Asia-Pacific Region - namely, the United States, China, Russia, ASEAN, and Taiwan. Examining the origin and further development of the QUAD, the authors highlight the absence of ASEAN members and India’s hesitation to institutionalize the grouping, while analyzing the Russia-Japan relations they focus on common interests in security cooperation, as well on its limitations. As a result, in the short term, the expansion of the Japan-US alliance to the Indo-Pacific region is the most plausible option. However, without involving the ASEAN countries, the Free and Open IndoPacific (FOIP) strategy can only add Australia and India to the existing Japan-US alliance. In the midterm, an alliance with Russia may be, with some serious limitations, geographically a natural option. In the long term, Japan might need to find a proper place in a China-centered order in East Asia. Therefore, the authors conclude that the relative decline of US influence in East Asia is unavoidable in the coming decades, Japan must adjust or even reconsider its security policy.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p style="text-align: justify;">Исследуются стратегические опции политики в области обеспечения национальной безопасности Японии на современном этапе, которые целесообразно рассмотреть в краткосрочной, среднесрочной и долгосрочной перспективе соответственно. Цель исследования - анализ стратегических планов внешней и оборонной политики Японии в обозримом будущем.Всеобъемлющий обзор японской политики в области обеспечения безопасности на современном этапе опирается на сравнительные методы и case study для анализа внешнеполитических целей Японии в рамках отношений Токио с наиболее важными партнерами в Азиатско-Тихоокеанском регионе: США, Китаем, Россией, АСЕАН и Тайванем. Рассматривая возникновение и дальнейшее развитие Четырехстороннего оборонного формата (QUAD), авторы подчеркивают отсутствие в нем членов АСЕАН и нерешительность Индии в вопросе институционализации группировки. Анализ российско-японских отношений акцентирует внимание на общих интересах в сотрудничестве в сфере безопасности, а также на его ограничениях. По результатам анализа авторы приходят к выводу, что в краткосрочной перспективе расширение японо-американского альянса в Индо-Тихоокеанском регионе является наиболее вероятным вариантом. Однако без привлечения стран АСЕАН стратегия Свободного и открытого Индо-Тихоокеанского региона (FOIP) может лишь расширить участие Австралии и Индии в рамках существующего альянса Япония-США. В среднесрочной перспективе сотрудничество с Россией может быть, но с некоторыми серьезными ограничениями, географически естественным вариантом. В долгосрочной перспективе Японии, возможно, придется столкнуться с вызовом поиска места в китаецетричном международном порядке в Восточной Азии. Авторы делают вывод о неизбежности относительного снижения влияния США в Восточной Азии в ближайшие десятилетия, в связи с чем Япония должна скорректировать или даже пересмотреть свою политику безопасности.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>Japan</kwd><kwd>China</kwd><kwd>Russia</kwd><kwd>US</kwd><kwd>Indo-Pacific</kwd><kwd>FOIP</kwd><kwd>Japan-Russia relations</kwd><kwd>QUAD</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>Япония</kwd><kwd>Китай</kwd><kwd>Россия</kwd><kwd>США</kwd><kwd>Индо-Тихоокеанский океан</kwd><kwd>японо-российские отношения</kwd><kwd>QUAD</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Data. The World Bank. Available from: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/ [GDP (current US$)] [Accessed 17.09.2021].</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>China’s National Defense in the New Era. State Council Information Office, July 2019. 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