Calder served as Special Advisor of the U.S. Ambassador to Japan during 1997-2001, and has worked on trans-Pacific issues for more than thirty years.
Calder documents the quiet erosion of America's multidimensional ties with Japan as China rises, generations change, and new forces arise in both American and Japanese politics. He then assesses consequences for a twenty-first-century military alliance with formidable coordination requirements, explores alternative foreign paradigms for dealing with the United States, adopted by Britain, Germany, and China, and offers prescriptions for restoring U.S.-Japan relations to vitality once again. Read more.
