Japan's Quasi-Alliance Strategy:Practice,Motivations and Constraints
Since Shinzo Abe took office for the second time,the quasi-alliance strategy has gradually become an important foothold of Japan's national security policy.Through summit diplomacy,mechanism building,and security agreements,successive Japanese cabinets have built a quasi-alliance system with Quad members,major European countries,and ASEAN countries as the main targets.Multiple internal and external factors have driven the evolution of Japan's quasi-alliance strategy.At the international level,Japan not only intends to consolidate its status in the US alliance system and even in the latticework of US alliances and partnerships with the quasi-alliance strategy,but also seeks to cope with the risk of US strategic contraction and implement dual balancing against China with its quasi-allies.At the domestic level,the quasi-alliance strategy has become a realistic option for the Japanese government because of its greater flexibility regarding sovereignty concessions and legal obligations.Although Japan's quasi-alliance strategy may continue to impact the security situation in the Asia-Pacific and even the Indo-Pacific,it also has obvious limitations due to Japan's multiple international and domestic constraints.dual checks and balances against China with the quasi-allies.At the domestic level,the quasi-alliance strategy has become a realistic option for the Japanese government because of its greater flexibility regarding sovereignty concessions and legal rules.Although Japan's quasi-alliance strategy may continue to impact the security situation in the Asia-Pacific and even the Indo-Pacific,it also has obvious limitations due to Japan's multiple international and domestic constraints.
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