Dimensions: 6'' x 9'' 60 pages AEI Press  (Washington) Publication Date: January 1991 Paperback ISBN: 0-8447-7009-4 Price: $ 7.95 Add to Cart   Examination Copies

Since the end of World War II, the Soviet Union has occupied four islands known as the Hoppo Ryodo, which Japan considers its Northern Territories. This special analysis addresses the question, Will the end of the Cold War bring about the Soviet return of the islands to Japan?

Nine scholars, diplomats, and defense strategists discuss a possible peace treaty between Japan and the Soviet Union, the economic implications of the new relationship between these two countries and the United States, and the economic, political, and security implications of a rapprochement.

With a foreword by John H. Makin, editor of Sharing World Leadership? A New Era for America and Japan (AEI Press, 1989)

Contributors: Jo Dee Catlin Jacob, National Defense University; Donald C. Hellmann, University of Washington; Rajan Menon, Lehigh University; William T. Pendley, U.S. Pacific Command; Richard N. Perle, American Enterprise Institute; Vasily B. Pospelov, USSR Embassy to the United States; Michael Powell, U.S. Department of Defense; Thomas W. Robinson, American Enterprise Institute; Masaru Tamamoto, American University