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By James D. J. Brown

The territorial dispute among Japan and Russia over 4 islands off the northeast coast of Hokkaid? has been a permanent predicament to nearer relatives among the 2 powers and hence a big determinant of geopolitics in North-East Asia. Having emerged on the finish of global conflict II, this clash has now existed for greater than seven a long time. And but, regardless of the passage of a lot time, inside of Japan there continues to be a resilience of trust that the islands will finally be back.


This e-book offers a complete research of Japan’s customers of ever convalescing those "Northern Territories". delivering an in-depth account of why the japanese facet think they nonetheless have an opportunity of securing the go back of the 4 islands, it additionally offers an goal and methodical evaluate of the customers of those expectancies being realised. the major discovering is that jap policymakers and students have regularly overvalued the level of Japan’s leverage in regards to Russia, and that there's, actually, already no hazard whatever of sovereignty over the 4 islands being restored to Japan. This has significant implications for eastern choice makers who needs to stability their principled dedication to not compromise on territorial matters with extra pragmatic concerns of power protection and the way to include the increase of chinese language neighborhood power.


Presenting a special research and a strikingly diverse point of view in this territorial dispute, the findings of this publication are of substantial value for diplomacy in the Asia-Pacific zone. will probably be of curiosity to scholars and students of eastern Politics, Russian Politics and overseas Relations.

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