00756nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000200001724500440003726000090008152005020009058300190059294200060061199900170061720260716043343.0  aASHER, David L.  aUS-Japan alliance for the next century.  c1997  aAnalyses 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.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR  cA  c45505d45505