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Maximizing U.S. Interests in Science and Technology Relations with Japan : Report of the Defense Task Force.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington : Ipswich : National Academies Press, Ebsco Publishing [distributor] 1995 ;
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Table of Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • OVERVIEW
  • MAJOR FINDINGS
  • Why Work Toward Technology Reciprocity?
  • Previous Efforts and Initiatives Have Made Little Progress To Date
  • Overcoming Obstacles Will Require Focused Persistent Efforts
  • DEVELOPING A NEW APPROACH
  • Reducing and Eliminating Barriers to Cooperation
  • Integrating Enhanced Technology Cooperation and Alliance Management
  • Organizing to Maximize U.S. Interests
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Defining U.S. Interests
  • SUMMARY POINTS
  • HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
  • Changes During the 1980s
  • THE NEW ENVIRONMENT
  • IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS
  • Defense Budgets
  • Defense Capabilities
  • What Sort of U.S.-Japan Security Alliance?
  • The Course of Economic Relations
  • 3 The Context for U.S.-Japan Defense and Industrial Technology Cooperation
  • SUMMARY POINTS
  • PATTERNS AND TRENDS IN OVERALL U.S.-JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RELATIONS
  • OVERVIEW OF U.S.-JAPAN DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL/TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION
  • 4 Motivations and Mechanisms for Cooperation in Defense Technology
  • SUMMARY POINTS
  • POSSIBLE U.S. BENEFITS
  • "Hard" Technology
  • "Soft" Technology
  • Leverage for Scarce Resources
  • Influence and Goodwill
  • MECHANISMS FOR COOPERATION
  • Japanese Procurement of U.S. Systems: "Off-the-Shelf" and "Blended" Modes
  • Japanese Licensed Production of U.S. Systems
  • U.S.-Japan Codevelopment of Defense Systems
  • Cooperation in the Development of Subsystems, Military Technologies, and Upgrades of Systems Deployed by Both Countries
  • 5 U.S.-Japan Cooperation in Dual-Use Technologies: Pursuing Opportunities and Managing Risks
  • SUMMARY POINTS
  • ACCESSING JAPANESE COMMERCIAL TECHNOLOGIES FOR U.S. DEFENSE NEEDS
  • Advanced Composites
  • Optoelectronics
  • Incorporating Japanese Commercial Technologies and Capabilities into U.S. Weapons Systems
  • Government Facilitation of U.S.-Japan Private Sector Collaboration that Strengthens the U.S. Defense Industrial Base
  • MANAGING DEPENDENCE ON JAPAN AND OTHER FOREIGN SOURCES FOR CRITICAL TECHNOLOGIES, COMPONENTS, AND EQUIPMENT
  • POSSIBLE FUTURE CHALLENGES IN DUAL-USE AREAS
  • 6 Looking to the Future: U.S. and Japanese Needs, Obstacles, and Alternative Approaches
  • MUTUAL NEEDS
  • GENERAL PATTERNS OF INTERACTION AND IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. INTERESTS
  • OBSTACLES TO COOPERATION AND POLICY OPTIONS
  • Asymmetries in Capabilities and Institutions
  • Japanese Government and Industry Attitudes
  • Bilateral and U.S. Government Approaches
  • 7 Maximizing U.S. Interests: Conclusions and Policy Recommendations
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • Importance and Context of the U.S.-Japan Alliance
  • The Role of Science and Technology
  • Japanese Defense and Technological Needs
  • U.S. Interests in Japanese Technology and Reciprocity
  • Results of Past Efforts
  • Japanese Industry and Government Roles
  • U.S. Industry and Government Roles
  • Managing Collaboration in Major Systems
  • Managing Dependence
  • POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS
  • Reducing and Eliminating Barriers to Cooperation
  • Integrating Enhanced Technology Cooperation and Alliance Management
  • Organizing to Maximize U.S. Interests
  • Appendixes
  • Appendix A Summary of Past Studie.