The main purpose of the paper is to critically analyze the manifestation
of the Silk Road discourse in Japanese foreign policy behavior on both diplomatic
and practical levels. That will be done through usage of the content method
analyses and approaches which stem from critical geopolitics and geoeconomic
thoughts. Proposed methodological framework and theoretical approach have
been chosen with an aim to attest the general hypothesis of the paper, which is:
Japan uses the Silk Road discourse as a tool to improve its geopolitical and
geoeconomic position and interconnectivity in the Central Asian region. The first
part of the paper will tackle the meaning of discourse as a social construction and
its interlacement with strategic moves of foreign policy. This part of the paper
will be helpful to understand the reasons why the Silk Road as a social construction
and diplomatic discourse possesses enormousimportance to Japanese geopolitical
and geoeconomic strategiestowardsthe ...Central Asian region. The second part of
the paper will analyze the development of diplomatic relations between Japan and
the Central Asian states since the collapse of the Soviet Union, with a focus on
multilateral diplomatic initiatives that Japan has triggered and still pursues in the
Central Asian space. The third part of the paper will be dedicated to the analyses
of infrastructural projects that Japan has implemented in Central Asia. In the
Japanese case, those projects express the conditionality between geopolitics and
geoeconomy
Keywords:
Japan / Central Asia / Silk Road discourse / diplomacy / geopolitics / geoeconomics / interconnectivity / infrastructural projects
Source:
The Review of International Affairs, 2018, LXIX, 1172, 5-25
Publisher:
Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu : Beograd
TY - JOUR
AU - Popović, Slobodan
PY - 2018
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AB - The main purpose of the paper is to critically analyze the manifestation
of the Silk Road discourse in Japanese foreign policy behavior on both diplomatic
and practical levels. That will be done through usage of the content method
analyses and approaches which stem from critical geopolitics and geoeconomic
thoughts. Proposed methodological framework and theoretical approach have
been chosen with an aim to attest the general hypothesis of the paper, which is:
Japan uses the Silk Road discourse as a tool to improve its geopolitical and
geoeconomic position and interconnectivity in the Central Asian region. The first
part of the paper will tackle the meaning of discourse as a social construction and
its interlacement with strategic moves of foreign policy. This part of the paper
will be helpful to understand the reasons why the Silk Road as a social construction
and diplomatic discourse possesses enormousimportance to Japanese geopolitical
and geoeconomic strategiestowardsthe Central Asian region. The second part of
the paper will analyze the development of diplomatic relations between Japan and
the Central Asian states since the collapse of the Soviet Union, with a focus on
multilateral diplomatic initiatives that Japan has triggered and still pursues in the
Central Asian space. The third part of the paper will be dedicated to the analyses
of infrastructural projects that Japan has implemented in Central Asia. In the
Japanese case, those projects express the conditionality between geopolitics and
geoeconomy
PB - Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu : Beograd
T2 - The Review of International Affairs
T1 - Between Geopolitics and Geoeconomy - The Silk Road Discourse in Diplomacy of Japan
EP - 25
IS - 1172
SP - 5
VL - LXIX
ER -
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of the Silk Road discourse in Japanese foreign policy behavior on both diplomatic
and practical levels. That will be done through usage of the content method
analyses and approaches which stem from critical geopolitics and geoeconomic
thoughts. Proposed methodological framework and theoretical approach have
been chosen with an aim to attest the general hypothesis of the paper, which is:
Japan uses the Silk Road discourse as a tool to improve its geopolitical and
geoeconomic position and interconnectivity in the Central Asian region. The first
part of the paper will tackle the meaning of discourse as a social construction and
its interlacement with strategic moves of foreign policy. This part of the paper
will be helpful to understand the reasons why the Silk Road as a social construction
and diplomatic discourse possesses enormousimportance to Japanese geopolitical
and geoeconomic strategiestowardsthe Central Asian region. The second part of
the paper will analyze the development of diplomatic relations between Japan and
the Central Asian states since the collapse of the Soviet Union, with a focus on
multilateral diplomatic initiatives that Japan has triggered and still pursues in the
Central Asian space. The third part of the paper will be dedicated to the analyses
of infrastructural projects that Japan has implemented in Central Asia. In the
Japanese case, those projects express the conditionality between geopolitics and
geoeconomy",
publisher = "Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu : Beograd",
journal = "The Review of International Affairs",
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Popović, S.. (2018). Between Geopolitics and Geoeconomy - The Silk Road Discourse in Diplomacy of Japan. in The Review of International Affairs
Institut za međunarodnu politiku i privredu : Beograd., LXIX(1172), 5-25.
Popović S. Between Geopolitics and Geoeconomy - The Silk Road Discourse in Diplomacy of Japan. in The Review of International Affairs. 2018;LXIX(1172):5-25..
Popović, Slobodan, "Between Geopolitics and Geoeconomy - The Silk Road Discourse in Diplomacy of Japan" in The Review of International Affairs, LXIX, no. 1172 (2018):5-25.
