ABSTRACT

It is widely thought that Japan’s involvement in multilateral conflict-resolution diplomacy began at the 1989 Paris international peace conference aimed at ending hostilities in Cambodia. However, in 1970, Japan was engaged in the Jakarta conference, a gathering of Asian and Pacific countries attempting to resolve a Cambodian conflict that erupted in that year and in the follow-up initiatives. This analysis draws on declassified diplomatic documents to show that although those efforts failed, Tokyo gained much from its debut in an international effort to resolve a conflict in Asia: expansion of its regional role, co-operation with Southeast Asian countries, and valuable peacemaking experience. This examination of that history elucidates the features and limitations of Japanese peacemaking diplomacy and examines international reactions to those efforts and the manner in which that experience shaped Japan’s role in Southeast Asia.

摘要

人们普遍认为，日本参与多边解决冲突外交始于 1989 年旨在结束柬埔寨敌对行动的巴黎国际和平会议。然而，在 1970 年，日本参加了雅加达会议，这是一次亚洲和太平洋国家的聚会，试图解决当年爆发的柬埔寨冲突，并采取了后续举措。该分析利用解密的外交文件表明，尽管这些努力失败了，但东京从其首次参与解决亚洲冲突的国际努力中获得了很多：扩大其区域作用、与东南亚国家的合作以及宝贵的建立和平的经验.