Fall 2002
"The Fall and Rise of Navies in East Asia: Military Organizations, Domestic Politics, and Grand Strategy"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 2, volume 27
Eric Heginbotham traces the rise of East Asian navies since 1980 and explains the reasons for this development. Heginbotham holds that the political fortunes of East Asian naval forces have improved in the last two decades because they have allied themselves with regimes that support liberal economic and social policies.
Spring 1998
"Mercantile Realism and Japanese Foreign Policy"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 4, volume 22
By Eric Heginbotham and Richard J. Samuels
The authors review Japan’s post-1945 foreign policy in light of both structural realism and mercantile realism, which, the authors state, “recognizes technoeconomic security interests—including, but not limited to, those associated with military security—as central considerations of state policy.”
