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The Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) defeated the Liberal Democratic Party in a lower house election, ending its 54-year reign. The DPJ began bold steps to democratize Japan's political system and reconsider the country's position vis-à-vis the U.S. and Asia.

The institutionalization of China-ASEAN non-traditional security cooperation is underappreciated, even though its significance should be apparent to Western analysts. Appreciating China-ASEAN non-traditional security cooperation leads to the realization that it has strategic significance, and that the broader China-ASEAN multilateral process is the most institutionally developed expression of East Asian regionalism today.

"Foreign Aid" published on by Oxford University Press.

Events in 2008 suggest that the Koizumi era is over and the Liberal Democratic Party will lose the lower house election that must be called before its current term expires in September 2009. The Democratic Party of Japan became the favorite to win the election and laid out the new domestic and foreign policy directions in which it will take Japan.

An alignment of international structure, domestic institutions, and security norms after 9/11 permits Japan to change in unprecedented ways. New external threats and U.S. encouragement are speeding the pace, but caution is advised.

Arase reviews JAPAN'S SECURITY AGENDA: Military, Economic & Environmental Dimensions by Christopher W. Hughes.