This remarkable collection commemorates the 70^th anniversary of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Conference by revisiting the important legacies of both the Peace Treaty and the US-Japan Security Treaty have had on the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific.

Chapter 1. The San Francisco Treaty and the San Francisco System: A Survey (Cowritten by Sugita Yoneyuki and Victor Teo).- Chapter 2. The San Francisco Peace Treaty and Elementary School English-language Education in Okinawa (Keiko Yonaha, Meio University, Japan).- Chapter 3. The San Francisco Treaty and the United States’ Contribution to the Yoshida Doctrine (Yoneyuki Sugita, Kobe Women's Junior College (KWJC) & Osaka University, Japan).- Chapter 4. The San Francisco Treaty and The Demise of the 'Rearmament' Movements (Ryutaro Yoshida, Asia University & Keio University, Japan).- Chapter 5. The San Francisco Treaty and The Demise of the 'Rearmament' Movements (Ryutaro Yoshida, Asia University & Keio University, Japan).- Chapter 6. Bilateral Issues with Multilateral Origins: the case of Korea and Japan (Seung Mo Kang, Korean Institute of Maritime Strategy, South Korea).- Chapter 7. An Uneasy Marriage between Territorial Sovereignty and the Cold War: Dokdo, the Kurile Islands, Unconditional Surrender, and the Ongoing Search for Japan’s Uniform Perception of the San Francisco Peace Treaty Kyu-hyun Jo (Lecturer in International Studies, Yonsei University, South Korea).- Chapter 8. A Word Before is Worth Two Behind: the implications of Taiwan’s undetermined status for Japan (Tony Tai-Ting Liu, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan).- Chapter 9. Preventing the Philippines from Pivoting into China’s Orbit: The Role of the U.S.-Japan Security Relations (Renato Cruz De Castro, De Laselle University, The Philippines).- Chapter 10. Implications of the San Francisco Treaty on the Paracels and Spratlys: A Vietnamese Perspective (Vu Hai Dang, National University of Singapore, Singapore).- Chapter 11. The San Francisco System in Southeast Asia and Japan’s search for a regional order in the 1950s (Heiko Lang, Hosei University, Japan).- Chapter 12. The San Francisco System at 70: Opportunities and Challenges in the post-Trump Pandemic Era (Jocelyn D. Roberts, US Department of State and Scott A. Wicker Kentucky State University, The United States of America).- Chapter 13. Reshaping the San Francisco System through Alignment Cooperation: Japan’s Security Partnerships in the Asia-Indo-Pacific (Elena Atanassova-Cornelis, University of Antwerp & Catholic University of Louvain Belgium, Belgium).- Chapter 14. The Vexing China Question in Today’s San Francisco System: Moving Beyond the Cold War Framework Victor Teo, PhD University of Cambridge (Great Britain)​.

“This clear, coherent, and engaging volume offers important insights into the historical legacy, contemporary importance, and future salience of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the US-Japan Security Treaty of 1951. It provides a wealth of novel assessments on key issues that continue to shape the contours of the regional security order.”

– Bart Gaens, Leading Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki

“The historic 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty set the course for Japan’s postwar politics and foreign policy for decades to follow. Yoneyuki Sugita and Victor Teo have ably put together a collection of thirteen excellent chapters covering wide-ranging topics that examine the continuing impact of that treaty signed seventy years ago. For anyone interested in Japan’s society, politics and foreign policy, this volume is highly recommended.”

–Purnendra Jain, Emeritus Professor Japanese Studies, The University of Adelaide

This remarkable collection commemorates the 70^th anniversary of the 1951 San Francisco Peace Conference by revisiting the important legacies of both the Peace Treaty and the US-Japan Security Treaty have had on the peace and stability of the Asia-Pacific. Drawing on multiple perspectives, the volume conveys the hopes and fears that the authors have for the domestic and international politics of the region. In a post Trumpian world marked by the US-China tensions amidst a raging pandemic, the region’s continued prosperity looks exceedingly grim.

Yoneyuki Sugita is professor at Kobe Women’s Junior College. He received his Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1999. His major works include Japan's Shifting Status in the World and the Development of Japan's Health Insurance Systems(Springer, 2019) and, Pitfall or Panacea: The Irony of US Power in Occupied Japan 1945-1952 (Routledge, 2003).

Victor Teo is Research Fellow associated with the Beyond Cold War Project based at the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research of Arts Social Sciences and Humanities. His latest publication is Japan’s Arduous Rejuvenation as a Global Power: Democratic Resilience and the US-China Challenge (Palgrave Macmillan 2019).

“This clear, coherent, and engaging volume offers important insights into the historical legacy, contemporary importance, and future salience of the San Francisco Peace Treaty and the US-Japan Security Treaty of 1951. It provides a wealth of novel assessments on key issues that continue to shape the contours of the regional security order, such as the hub-and-spokes system, Japan’s foreign policy, bilateral and multilateral relations, alliances and strategic partnerships, and territorial disputes. Now that the global economic weight and political power are increasingly shifting to the Indo-Pacific and great-power competition is intensifying, the chapters in this book present a timely and critical portrait of the challenges faced by the San Francisco System. This empirically rich volume is essential reading for students, academics, policymakers and anyone with an interest in the evolving security dynamics of the region.” (Bart Gaens, Leading Research Fellow, Finnish Institute of International Affairs and Adjunct Professor, University of Helsinki)

“The historic 1951 San Francisco Peace Treaty signed between Japan and the Allied Powers, led by the United States set the course for Japan’s postwar politics and foreign policy for decades to follow. Yoneyuki Sugita and Victor Teo have ably put together a collection of thirteen excellent chapters covering wide-ranging topics that examine the continuing impact of that treaty signed seventy years ago. For anyone interested in Japan’s society, politics and foreign policy, this volume is highly recommended to get a historic insight into Japan’s contemporary affairs.” (Purnendra Jain, Emeritus Professor Japanese Studies, The University of Adelaide)

The first interdisciplinary volume to commemorates the 70th anniversary of the San Francisco Treaty Considers the ramifications of the San Francisco Treaty/System on regional security in the post-Trump world Puts forward a compelling argument that the welfare and needs of Asia should prevail beyond narrow parochial narratives

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