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http://dx.doi.org/10.18778/8088-758-9.01
Introduction
Controversies,sometimesbittercontroversies,areaninherent
elementofinternationalrelations.Conflictinginterests,differentvalues,
overlappingspheresofinfluencesłallthismakedisputesettlement
mechanismscrucialelementsofinternationalsystem.Searching
forcooperationmechanismsthatmayhelpinovercomingexisting
controversiesinAsiaisthemaintopicofthismonograph.
Themonographisbasedonthecasestudiesinwhichauthorsanalyse
disagreementsaswellascollaborationsbetweendifferentactorsinAsia.
Theyarechosendifferentpointofviewsthatmightberoughlydivided
intotwogroups.Thefirstsetofauthorstriestolookatregionaloreven
internalproblemsthathaveinternationalimpact.Thesecondgroupgives
anoutlookonthecontroversieslinkedtorisingglobalpresenceofAsian
countries,inparticularChina.
Theopeningchapter,writtenbyRussianscholarDmitryKuznetsov,
describesthephenomenonofrisingChinesenationalisminthecontext
oftheforeignrelations.Thisprocessis,atleastpartially,controlledby
thePRCauthorities,whotrytouseitfortheirpoliticalpurposes.In
particulargrowinganti-Americanandanti-Japanesesentimentsmightbe
instrumentallyusedbytheChineseCommunistParty.
Thesecondchapter,byAgnieszkaBatko,presentstheJapanesepolicy
oflWomenomics’.Thisidea,partofthefamouslAbenomics’,concentrates
onpersuadingJapanesewomentoactmoreactivelyonthejobmarketand
seekfortheopportunitiestoadvancetheircareers.Thishighlycontroversial
ideaposesaseriesofevidentchallengestothetraditionalconceptoftherole
ofwomeninJapanesesociety.However,whatisevenmoreimportant,itis
acrucialpartofAbe’sreformpackageanditssuccessorfailurewillhavethe
consequencesforJapanesepositionintheregionandintheworld.
InthenextchapterKarolŻakowskianalysesthereasonsoffailure
inestablishingastableframeworkforSino-Japanesesecuritycooperation
aftertheendofColdWar
.Theauthorarguesthatbothcountrieshave
beenunabletodevelopafull-fledgedcooperationinthesecurityfield
duetohistoryproblems,contrastingvisionsofregionalsecuritysystem,
territorialdisputesandrivalryforleadershipinEastAsia.