List of issues > Series «Political Science and Religion Studies». 2024. Vol 47
Official Security Assistance Program of Japan:
Its Goals and Perspectives in the Context of New Geopolitics
Author(s)
E. A. GoriachevaAbstract
The article analyzes the new program of the Government of Japan – “Official Security
Assistance” (OSA). Its key concepts were published in April-July 2023. The purpose of the implementation of the OSA program is to create a group of ‘like-minded countries’, which share foreign
policy priorities of Japan, primarily regarding China and Russian Federation, bilateral relations of
Japan with these countries have deteriorated in the second decade of the 21th century. Philippines,
Malaysia, Bangladesh and Fiji were selected as OSA recipient countries in 2023. The author analyzes numerous national security-related international cooperation programs of Japan, and compares
OSA with the similar program aimed at socio-economic support for developing countries – “Official
Development Assistance” (ODA). The author also determines the level of participation of Southeast
Asian and Oceania countries in the above-mentioned international programs of Japan. The analysis
of the socio-political discourse shows that the implementation of the OSA program may be held at
the same time with the revision of the basic documents restricting the export of weapons from Japan.
Other negative outcome is connected with strengthening of global negative perceptions of Japan as a
country that has departed from the former principles of pacifism. The negative consequences of the
OSA for the Russian Federation include the potential expansion of the pro-Japanese bloc in terms of
number of member state, as well as the decision to include Ukraine as OSA recipient country.
About the Authors
Goriacheva Elena Alexandrovna,
Candidate of Sciences (History), Senior
Researcher, Institute of History,
Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of
Far East FEB RAS,
89, Pushkinskaya st., Vladivostok, 690901,
Russian Federation,
e-mail: solo888@yandex.ru
For citation
Goriacheva E.A. Official Security Assistance Program of Japan: Its Goals and Perspectives in the Context of New
Geopolitics. The Bulletin of Irkutsk State University. Series Political Science and Religion Studies, 2024, vol. 47, pp. 57-68.
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.47.57 (in Russian)
Keywords
Japan, “Official Security Assistance”, “Official Development Assistance”, national security, China, Russian Federation, Ukraine.
UDC
327(520)
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26516/2073-3380.2024.47.57
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