BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.1//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:The Moynihan Institute's East Asia Program presents Mary M. McC arthy from Drake University. Japanese foreign policy has undergone signifi cant changes in recent years. As its regional security environment has bec ome more uncertain and dangerous in the context of evolving geopolitics gl obally\, and as its domestic politics supports a more assertive role in th e international system\, Japan’s policies\, institution and practices have transformed along with Japan’s security identity. Russia’s invasion of Uk raine has also impacted Japan’s strategic calculations and given it an opp ortunity to illustrate its global commitments and positions. A more assert ive Japan has the potential to influence great power competition in myriad ways both through its role in the U.S.-Japan alliance (the core of each c ountry’s strategy in the region) as well as through autonomous actions tha t it has exhibited a greater willingness to use. The literature on hedging \, as well as abandonment versus entrapment\, highlights the complexities in Japan’s relationships with both the U.S. and China—and its evolving app roaches to the two. This talk will explore the material and ideational for ces behind Japan’s approach to great power competition in the region\, wit h a focus on critical and post-structural constructivist arguments about r elational constructs of the “Other” when it comes to China and the US. Mar y M. McCarthy is professor of politics and international relations at Drak e University in Des Moines\, Iowa. She specializes in Japan’s domestic and foreign policies\, with a current focus on the legacies of the Asia-Pacif ic War on Japan’s foreign relations. She is editor of the Routledge Handbo ok of Japanese Foreign Policy (2018) and her most recent publications incl ude “The US-Japan Alliance in an Era of Geopolitical and Domestic Change” in Leszek Buszynski\, ed. Handbook of Japanese Security (Amsterdam Univers ity Press\, 2023). DTEND:20240209T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260512T135030Z DTSTART:20240209T180000Z LOCATION: SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Material and Ideational Forces Behind Japan’s Shifting Identity in the Face of the China-US Rivalry UID:RFCALITEM639141762302764633 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

The Moynihan Institute's East Asia Program presents Mary M. McCarthy from Drake University.

Japanese foreign p olicy has undergone significant changes in recent years. As its regional s ecurity environment has become more uncertain and dangerous in the context of evolving geopolitics globally\, and as its domestic politics supports a more assertive role in the international system\, Japan’s policies\, ins titution and practices have transformed along with Japan’s security identi ty.

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has also impacted Japan’s strategi c calculations and given it an opportunity to illustrate its global commit ments and positions. A more assertive Japan has the potential to influence great power competition in myriad ways both through its role in the U.S.- Japan alliance (the core of each country’s strategy in the region) as well as through autonomous actions that it has exhibited a greater willingness to use. The literature on hedging\, as well as abandonment versus entrapm ent\, highlights the complexities in Japan’s relationships with both the U .S. and China—and its evolving approaches to the two.

This talk wil l explore the material and ideational forces behind Japan’s approach to gr eat power competition in the region\, with a focus on critical and post-st ructural constructivist arguments about relational constructs of the “Othe r” when it comes to China and the US.

Mary M. McCarthy is professor of politics and international relations at Drake University in Des Moines \, Iowa. She specializes in Japan’s domestic and foreign policies\, with a current focus on the legacies of the Asia-Pacific War on Japan’s foreign relations. She is editor of the Routledge Handbook of Japanese Foreign Pol icy (2018) and her most recent publications include “The US-Japan Alliance in an Era of Geopolitical and Domestic Change” in Leszek Buszynski\, ed. Handbook of Japanese Security (Amsterdam University Press\, 2023).

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