Researcher of Center for Japan Studies, Fu Jen Catholic University
【Abstract】
The purpose of this paper is to explore the concept of threat perception through two theoretical approaches: relative power and shared identity. Using the analytical framework of “two-level threat perception,” this paper contrasts U.S. decision makers’ security policy toward Japan with American public perceptions of Japan from the signing of the U.S.-Japan Security Treaty in 1952 to the re-definition of the U.S.-Japan Alliance in 1996. This paper is divided into four parts. First, it briefly introduces the analytical framework of “two-level threat perception.” The second part examines U.S.
security policies toward Japan and investigates how U.S. decision makers have perceived the international environment and their threat perceptions of Japan across different periods. The third part reviews the American public perceptions of Japan and observes whether the American public and intellectuals have considered the U.S. and Japan as having a shared identity.
Applying the analytical framework of “two-level threat perception,” the fourth section explores the correlation between decision makers’ threat perception and the perceptions of Japan in mainstream American society.
Keywords: U.S.-Japan Alliance, U.S. Perceptions of Japan, Threat Perception, “Cork in the bottle” Argument, U.S. JapanPolicy
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