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Justifying Japan’s Securitized ODA

Teeratanabodee, Wichuta LU (2020) SIMV29 20201
Department of Political Science
Graduate School
Master of Science in Development Studies
Abstract
While the global foreign aid trend has shifted closer to security, the Development Assistance Committee prohibits donor countries from giving aid for military purposes or the donor countries’ security interests. Many scholars observed that several projects of Japan’s Official Development Assistance are, to a large extent, military aid or driven by national interests. In this paper, I answer the research question: How does Japan justify the maritime safety capability improvement ODA project for the Philippine Coast Guard? Guided by the concept of foreign aid as a foreign policy tool and the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory, I conducted a critical discourse analysis of 25 official documents from the Japanese government. I found that... (More)
While the global foreign aid trend has shifted closer to security, the Development Assistance Committee prohibits donor countries from giving aid for military purposes or the donor countries’ security interests. Many scholars observed that several projects of Japan’s Official Development Assistance are, to a large extent, military aid or driven by national interests. In this paper, I answer the research question: How does Japan justify the maritime safety capability improvement ODA project for the Philippine Coast Guard? Guided by the concept of foreign aid as a foreign policy tool and the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory, I conducted a critical discourse analysis of 25 official documents from the Japanese government. I found that Japan utilizes a securitizing move as a means to justify its ODA project. Through the securitizing move, Japan motivated that the referent objects, including the Asia-/Indo-Pacific region and Japan, are facing existential threats, comprised of maritime risks and the disrespect to the rule of law in the region. (Less)
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author
Teeratanabodee, Wichuta LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Japan’s Justification of the Maritime Safety Capability Improvement Official Development Assistance Project for the Philippine Coast Guard
course
SIMV29 20201
year
type
H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
subject
keywords
securitization of aid, Official Development Assistance, Japan’s ODA, bilateral aid, critical discourse analysis
language
English
id
9027291
date added to LUP
2020-09-01 10:41:43
date last changed
2020-09-01 10:41:43
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  abstract     = {{While the global foreign aid trend has shifted closer to security, the Development Assistance Committee prohibits donor countries from giving aid for military purposes or the donor countries’ security interests. Many scholars observed that several projects of Japan’s Official Development Assistance are, to a large extent, military aid or driven by national interests. In this paper, I answer the research question: How does Japan justify the maritime safety capability improvement ODA project for the Philippine Coast Guard? Guided by the concept of foreign aid as a foreign policy tool and the Copenhagen School’s securitization theory, I conducted a critical discourse analysis of 25 official documents from the Japanese government. I found that Japan utilizes a securitizing move as a means to justify its ODA project. Through the securitizing move, Japan motivated that the referent objects, including the Asia-/Indo-Pacific region and Japan, are facing existential threats, comprised of maritime risks and the disrespect to the rule of law in the region.}},
  author       = {{Teeratanabodee, Wichuta}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Justifying Japan’s Securitized ODA}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}