När säkerhet leder till osäkerhet : En analys av Kina och Japan i det Östkinesiska havet

Sammanfattning

This study aims to examine how China´s increased power and securityenhancing actions in the East China Sea have changed Japan´s security policy during the period 1995-2025. By using a qualitative case study and a process tracing, the analysis applies neorealism and rational-choice-theory to explore the causal mechanisms that link China´s military growth and economic power to Japan´s changing defense policy. These findings indicate that a security dilemma is taking form between the two countries. Whereby mutual defense capabilities have increased the instability in the East China Sea.