00756nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043343.0 ASHER, David L. US-Japan alliance for the next century. 1997 Analyses the successes and failures of US-Japan policy in Clinton's first term in office, and lays out an agenda - balancing economic, military and political ties - for the president's second term. Concludes that Japan remains at the centre of American regional interests in Asia and the balance of regional power, and should be recognised as such. Stresses that (1) alliances do not define themselves, they must be defined; and (2) alliances do not maintain themselves, they must be maintained. 3/7/00 M2LMGR A 45505 45505