Japan’s Foreign Policy Priorities during the Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Period: “Restoring Diplomacy and Security”
https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2023-3-3(9)-194-209
Abstract
The article analyzes Japan’s foreign policy during the period of Yoshihide Suga’s activity as Prime Minister (2020-2021): the specifics of diplomacy and security activities, the common interests of Japan with other countries, the specifics of rapprochement and forms of interaction with different countries. The results of Japan’s foreign policy in Northeast Asia in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan’s military cooperation within the quadrilateral alliance “Quad” are presented.
Keywords
foreign policy,
diplomacy,
Russian-Japanese relations,
Suga Yoshihide,
Japan,
Vietnam,
China,
USA,
Russia
About the Authors
V. A. Letiaev
Kazan Federal University; Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Valerii A. Letiaev DocSc(Law), CandSc(Hist). Professor of the Department of International Relations, World Politics and Diplomacy of the Institute of International Relations; Professor of the Institute of Public Administration and Management
1/55 Pushkin str., Kazan, 420111
R. R. Magdeev
Kazan Federal University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Rafik R. Magdeev. Senior assistant lecturer of the Department of Philology and Culture of Far East of the Institute of International Relations
1/55 Pushkin str., Kazan, 420111
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Letiaev V.A., Magdeev R.R. Japan’s Foreign Policy Priorities during the Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga Period: “Restoring Diplomacy and Security”. Russia & World: Sc. Dialogue. 2023;(3):194-209. https://doi.org/10.53658/RW2023-3-3(9)-194-209
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