Could Japan become the ''Great britain of the far east?''

Asia-Pacific Review

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 112-128

  Asher, David ^a  

^a AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE   (United States)

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EID: 84937342216     PISSN: 13439006     EISSN: 14692937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09544120120098726     Document Type: Article

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3. 2001. "Hoku Azia no Igirisu". Ronsô Tôyô Keizai, March This article is based on many of the arguments presented in those articles
4. For the author's insider perspective on the Nye Initiative, see Asher, "A US-Japan Alliance for the twenty-first century."
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