以下は，Basuさんの論説の最後の3段落．おぼろげに判っているつもりでしたが，簡潔に言えば，そういうことなんですよね．インド防衛研究所が公開している日本とアメリカの関係に関する各論説へはこちらからアクセスが可能です．さすがはハル検事を輩出した国，バランスのとれた的確なご意見だと思います．が，日本の現首相にも，そのカンパニー，特に若い先生方にも全くこうした認識がないようです．彼らは靖国神社の氏子というよりは，自分たちが勝手に作り上げた'アメリカ教'(アメリカには存在しないDenomination)の熱心な信者のようです．
Japan is at a crossroads. Shinzo Abe’s Liberal Democratic Party and coalition partner Komeito have concurred on the new security bills to expand the scope of the SDF’s role abroad and the areas in which they can operate. Abe’s cabinet approved the draft security bills on May 14. As the bills translate into laws, cooperation between the SDF and US military will deepen in conformity with the freshly revised defence cooperation guidelines. This fundamental shift in Japanese security policy complements the US’ decades-old calls upon Japan to share a greater portion of the security burden in the alliance. But given that countries in the region are wary of Abe’s ‘revisionist’ ambitions owing to Japan’s aggressive policies in the past, it is Japan’s responsibility to make tangible efforts for gaining the confidence of its neighbours and preventing China from exploiting the historical fault lines to its own advantage.
The US-Japan convergence of interests and shared values of democracy and rule of law will sustain the alliance in the coming years. Meanwhile, the US is cultivating relations with other regional actors including China and South Korea. While the US is anxious about the status of relations between Japan and South Korea, Japan is nervous about the evolving relationship between the US and China. Japan needs to realise that the US will not be held captive in the intra-regional historical conflicts. For instance, the State Department expressed its disappointment when Abe visited the Yasukuni Shrine in December 2013.As nationalism runs high, any escalation of tension in the region, whether it is between China and Japan or between Japan and the Korean Peninsula, is neither in the US nor in Japan’s interest. Regional stability cannot be solely guaranteed by reaffirming the US-Japan security alliance. Though re-energising the US-Japan security alliance and revising the US-Japan defence guidelines are positive developments, unless there is de-escalation of tensions between Japan and China and Japan and the two Koreas, peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific are likely to be remote possibilities.
Titli Basu writes US-Japan Security Alliance: Standing the Test of Time
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— IDSA, New Delhi (@IDSAIndia) 2015, 5月 29
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