Abstract

The article addresses the issue of continuity of the consensus on the US–Japan alliance in the post-Cold War era, by employing the concepts of a security policy community (SPC) that comprises both government office-holders and non-governmental actors focused on the foreign and security policy. The main argument is three-fold; firstly, one of the major forces behind the continuity and enhancement of the security consensus on the US–Japan alliance has been the formation of the transnational SPC that includes members from the US and Japan; secondly, since the end of the Cold War, the SPC has developed a dense network of members, institutions, and practices that supports the advocacy of alliance enhancement as well as community cohesion and nurturing of new members; and thirdly, the think tank- and university-based experts play an increasingly vital role in the formation and dissemination of the security consensus. The article suggests that such arrangements can have both positive and negative consequences and that a proper balance between openness and exclusiveness, expertise and novelty, and continuity and innovation is required in order to maintain a vibrant marketplace of ideas for security policy. The article also indicates that with the transformation of the Indo-Pacific security architecture from the hub and spoke to the networked system, SPC might serve as a model in other US alignments.

摘要

本文通过采用由政府官员和非政府行为者组成的安全政策共同体（SPC）的概念，讨论了后冷战时代美日同盟共识的连续性问题。外交和安全政策。主要论据有三个方面：首先，美日同盟安全共识得以延续和加强的主要力量之一是由美日两国成员组成的跨国最高人民法院的形成；其次，自冷战结束以来，最高人民法院已经发展了一个由成员、机构和实践组成的密集网络，支持加强联盟的倡导以及社区凝聚力和新成员的培养；第三，智库和大学专家在安全共识的形成和传播中发挥着越来越重要的作用。文章认为，这种安排可能会产生积极和消极的后果，并且需要在开放性和排他性、专业性和新颖性、连续性和创新之间取得适当的平衡，以维持安全政策思想的充满活力的市场。文章还指出，随着印太安全架构从中心辐射型向网络化体系转变，SPC可能成为美国其他阵线的典范。为了维持一个充满活力的安全政策思想市场，需要专业知识和新颖性、连续性和创新。文章还指出，随着印太安全架构从中心辐射型向网络化体系转变，SPC可能成为美国其他阵线的典范。为了维持一个充满活力的安全政策思想市场，需要专业知识和新颖性、连续性和创新。文章还指出，随着印太安全架构从中心辐射型向网络化体系转变，SPC可能成为美国其他阵线的典范。