基石 美日同盟的未来议程[20100616].pdf

Cornerstone:A Future Agenda for the U.S.-Japan AllianceJ u n e 2 0 1 0By Abraham M.Denmark and Daniel M.KlimanThe united States and Japan have a historic opportunity to renew their 50-year-old alliance.With a new Japanese prime minister in place and an agreement on the contentious relocation of a u.S.military base on Okinawa reached,Washington and Tokyo are poised to put past disagreements behind them and to prepare the alliance for the challenges of the 21st century.Since its founding in 1960,the u.S.-Japan alliance has stood as one of the greatest successes of American foreign policy.It has contributed to Japans security and prosperity by extending the u.S.nuclear umbrella over Japan and by relieving Japan of the need to maintain large-scale power projection capabilities.Moreover,it has advanced u.S.interests by ensuring a stable balance of power in east Asia,providing a military platform for managing contingencies on the Korean Peninsula,and serving as a vehicle for enlisting Japans cooperation on regional and global security issues.Yet,the strategic environment has changed radi-cally since the alliances establishment.When the United States and Japan signed a Mutual Security Tre