The U.S.-Japan Security Alliance and the PRC

The Abandonment-Entrapment Dynamic, the Balance of Threat and National Identity in the Trilateral Relationship


Vincent A. Pace

Enosinian Honors Senior Thesis Program

Elliott School of International Affairs

George Washington University

May 3, 2003



Appendix 1: List of Acronyms

ACSA

acquisition and cross-servicing agreement

ASDF

Air Self-Defense Force

CCP

Chinese Communist Party

JYF

Japan Youth Federation

LDP

Liberal Democratic Party

MOF

Ministry of Finance

MOFA

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

MPMHAPT    

Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs,
Post and Telecommunications

MSDF

Maritime Self-Defense Force

PLA

People's Liberation Army

PLAAF

People's Liberation Army Air Force

PRC

People's Republic of China

ROC

Republic of China

SDF

Self-Defense Force

TMD

theatre missile defense


Table of Contents | 1. Introduction: Theory and Methodology | 2. The Taiwan Strait Crisis | 3. The Senkaku Islands Crisis | 4. The EP-3E Incident | 5. The War on Terrorism | 6. The PRC in the US-Japan Relationship
List of Acronyms | Bibliography