ABE DOCTRINE AND JAPAN’S FOREIGN POLICY

MITROVIĆ Dragana (Ph. D., Professor, Head of the Centre for Asian Studies Political Science Faculty, University of Belgrade),

While apparently preserving general course and framework of Japan’s post-war foreign and security order, Prime Minister Abe has actually initiated complex and controversial changes in their context that have caused simultaneous support, uneasiness and strong criticism at home and abroad. His concept of ‘active contributor to peace’ has added to growing dynamism of on going rebalancing of power in Asia-Pacific and on the other hand, emphasized regional and global role of Japan.

Keywords: Abe Shinzo, Abe Doctrine, Japan, ‘active contributor to peace’