Minor Assignment 6: Revised title, thesis & outline

Japan's independence: the US-Japan Security Alliance and the SDF dispatch to Iraq

Thesis Statement: In order to establish Japan's independent stance in the international world, Japan should follow the Contstitution Article 9 strictly and take its own choice not to dispatch the SDF to Iraq.

I. Introduction
A. Background information
B. Thesis statement

II. Legitimacy
A. Article 9 of the Constitution
B. Regional Contingency Law under the 1997 Defense Guidelines
C. International Peace Cooperation Law

III. Pacifism
A. History of Japan’s security
1. Imperialism over Asia
2. Experience of nuclear weapons dropped in Hiroshima and Nagasaki
B. Contributions to World Peace
1. Renunciation of war
2. Disarmament
3. ASEAN Regional Forum
C. Suspicion raised by SDF dispatch without UN sanction
1. China
2. North Korea
3. South Korea

IV. Problems with US-Japan Security Alliance
A. Security alliance treaty IV
B. Asymmetry of the alliance
C. Japan’s dilemma between pacifism and US nuclear umbrella

V. Change to UN-centered security policy
A. Purpose of establishment and the covenant
B. Japan’s participation in UN activities
1. Disarmament
2. Economical support
3. SDF dispatch to PKOs

VI. Conclusion