López i Vidal, LlucPelegrín Solé, Àngels2018-10-182020-07-0120181479-9855https://hdl.handle.net/2445/125428Debates about how states deal with rising powers have been mainly concentrated on a continuum comprising on balancing and bandwagoning strategies. While theory has principally offered realist and liberal explanations, Japanese behavior vis-à-vis China does not match with them. Japan is not powerful enough to balance against China but remains too strong to bandwagon. Accordingly, Tokyo is pursuing a mixed strategy of both containment and engagement, which may be better described as a hedging strategy against Beijing. This article analyzes which strategies states can adopt when dealing with a rising power and proposes a framework to analyze Japan's recent policy towards China based on Kuik's analysis. We argue that Japan's hedging strategy towards China is consistent with how middle-power states deal with rising power.19 p.application/pdfeng(c) Taylor & Francis (Routledge), 2018Relacions internacionalsSeguretat de l'EstatDesenvolupament políticGuerra fredaJapóInternational relationsInternal securityPolitical developmentCold WarJapaninfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6751402018-10-18info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess