Title: Out with the New and in with the Old: Uchida Yasuya and the Great War as a Turning Point in Japanese Foreign Affairs
Abstract: This essay considers the question of whether the Great War was a turning point in Japanese foreign affairs by examining the policies of post-World War I (WWI) Foreign Minister Uchida Yasuya (1865-1936) in relation to his work as minister earlier in the decade. Uchida had a long career in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It must be noted that Japanese foreign policy did undergo a shift at the conclusion of the Great War. Moving along with the trends of the times, Japan reluctantly abandoned its favored bilateral alliances, most notably the Anglo- Japanese Alliance, in favor of the collective security provided by the League of Nations and the multi-lateral agreements of the Washington Conference. It argues that this shift, while not unimportant, was rooted in an earlier policy of cooperation with the powers that had been a guiding principle of Japanese diplomacy since the early Meiji era. Keywords: Japanese foreign affairs; Uchida Yasuya; world war I (WWI)
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-01-01
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
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