Northern Territories Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Aland Experience

<p>This volume is the fruit of an international collaborative study, which considers the Åland islands settlement in northern Europe as a resolution model for the major Asia-Pacific regional conflicts that derived from the post-World War II disposition of Japan, with particular focus on the territorial dispute between Japan and Russia, the Northern Territories/Southern Kuriles problem.</p><p>The contributors provide analysis of the Åland settlement, the Japan-Russia territorial dispute and Åland-inspired solution ideas by experts from all over the world, including government officials, scholars and military specialists. </p><p><em>Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Aland Experience</em> will be of interest to advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as academics working in Asian studies, politics, international relations, conflict resolution and security studies.</p> <p>Foreword <em>James Kelly and Fumiko Halloran.</em> Preface <em>Kimie Hara and Geoffrey Jukes</em> Introduction: Northern Territories, Asia-Pacific Regional Conflicts and the Åland Experience: Untying the Kurillian Knot <em>Kimie Hara</em> 1. The Autonomy of Åland and Conflict Resolution <em>Elisabeth Nauclér</em> 2. The Northern Territories Issue: Japanese-Russian Relations and Domestic Concerns in Japan <em>Hiroshi Kimura</em> 3. The Territorial Dispute between Japan and Russia: The "Two-island Solution" and Putin’s last years as President <em>Konstantin Sarkisov</em> 4. The Cold War in East Asia and the Northern Territories Problem <em>Nobuo Shimotomai</em> 5. Can the Southern Kuriles be Demilitarized? <em>Geoffrey Jukes</em> 6. US Views on the Northern Territories Issue <em>Richard Halloran</em> 7. The Indigenous Ainu of Japan at the Time of the Åland Settlement <em>Scott Harrison</em> 8. Solving the Territorial Dispute between Japan and Russia: Åland Islands and Finland’s Post-World War II experiences as Source of Inspiration <em>Markku Heiskanen </em> 9. Envisioning Åland-Inspired Solutions for the Northern Territories Problem <em>Kimie Hara </em></p>