Mykal O. The EU-Japan Security Dialogue: Invisible but Comprehensive

Amsterdam University Press, 2011. — 244 p. — ISBN: 9789089641632.Olena Mykal is deputy head of the Department of Foreign Policy Strategies at the National Institute of Strategic Studies of Ukraine and assistant professor of political science at the National University of Kyiv-Mohyyla and the Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine. She received her PhD from the Waseda University in Japan.This volume examines the security dialogue between Japan and the European Union since the establishment of the official European Community-Japan cooperation efforts in the late 1950s. Olena Mykal investigates how international events—particularly the terrorist attacks in New York on 9/11 and the EU’s proposal to lift its arms embargo on China—have strengthened the dialogue over the past decade.AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsThe Notion of Security and the General Background of the ResearchObjective of the StudyFramework of AnalysisDocumentation and Literature OverviewDeveloping Conceptions of Security and Joint Agenda of the EU-Japan Security DialogueThe Cold War and the EC-Japan Security Dialogue (1959-1990)The Conceptualisation of Security in Japan During the Cold WarThe Conceptualisation of Security in Europe During the Cold WarEuropean Community-Japan Security Dialogue During the Cold WarThe Hague Declaration and Its Implications for the EU-Japan Security Dialogue (1991-2000)The Conceptualisation of Security in Japan in the 1990sThe Conceptualisation of Security in the European Union in the 1990sEuropean Union-Japan Security Dialogue in the 1990sA Time of Turmoil: EU-Japan Security Dialogue in 2001-2006Conceptualisation of Security in Japan in 2001-2006Conceptualisation of Security in the EU in 2001-2006European Union-Japan Security Dialogue in 2001-2006Common Interests in the EU-Japan Security Dialogue: Analysis of Joint ActivitiesComprehensive Endeavours to Preserve the Ecosystem: The EU-Japan Security Dialogue in the Environmental AreaComprehensive Agenda in the Early Stage of CooperationThe Kyoto Protocol and the Post-Kyoto Agenda: The Environmental Security Dialogue from the Mid-1990s to the Mid-2000sTowards a Secure Future: The EU-Japan Security Dialogue in Science and Technology and EnergyThe Launch and Development of the Security Dialogue in the Area of Science and Technology in the 1990sA Wide-Ranging, Comprehensive Agenda: The Security Dialogue in the Early 21st CenturyEnsuring Peace and Stability by Economic Means: Development Aid in the EU-Japan Security DialogueDevelopment Aid Securitisation, Japan's ODA in Europe, End of the Persian Gulf War, Assistance to the Former USSR in the Early 1990sEnlarging the Geography and Scope of Activity in the Mid-1990s: Food Security and AfricaThe Multiplied and Multilayered Agenda of Global Challenges in the Late 1990s-Mid-2000sJapan and EU Involvement in Crisis Management: Joint ActivitiesGeographical Scope of the Security DialogueGlobal Scale ActivitiesJapanese and European Union Security Conceptualisations 201Japan-European Union Joint Security Dialogue and Its Expansion (Discourse)Japan-EU Security Dialogue in the Areas (Joint Activities)FinaleAbout the authorNotes