Japan and Multilateral Diplomacy

Part I Multilateralism - a theoretical examination: possibilties of multilateralism - a regime theory perspective, Yoshinobu Yamamoto constructing international order - a critical theory perspective, Keith Krause opening for omnilateralism, Wolfgang Pape. Part II Global security, economic orders and multilateralism, Jean-Pierre Lehman Post-Cold war security and multilateralism, Francois Heisbourg. Part III Regional multilateral arrangements: the Asian dimension of Paneuropean security and cooperation - the OSCE perspective, Victor-Eves Ghebali European multilateral security arrangements, Fred Tanner Asian security arrangements, possibilities and limits, Akahiko Tanaka the world economy and Aian regions, David Sylan. Part IV Japan and multilateralism: Japan and regional economic order, Tsutomo kikuchi Japanese security policies and the possibility of multilateralism, Matake Kamiya Japan and the United Nations, Reinhard Drifte.