국제안보 개념의 21세기적 변용 ― 안보 ‘과잉’으로부터 안보불안과 일본의 안보국가화 = Insecurity from Excessive Security ― Critique on Japan’s Attempts at Constitutional Reform and Rearmament

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The article problematizes a prevailing assumption in international security literature that the lack of security equals insecurity. Instead, this article adopts a postmodern view that international insecurity can also be created by excessive security. This article aims to investigate how Japan’s continuous attempts at constitutional reform and rearmament can be problematic in terms of regional security in Northeast Asia. Thus, immunological and neurological perceptions of ‘security’ are introduced to highlight features of contemporary international security in the 21st century that are distinct from the Cold War period. Based on neurological insight, it is argued that Japan’s rush towards constitutional reform can be perceived as a political undertaking to produce a status change rather than to maintain a status quo. Eventually, it would unnecessarily provoke Japan’s neighbours in the region by engendering excessive security, which may undermine the stability in Northeast Asia.