Special Policy Recommendation Toward a Viable, Comprehensive, Long-term Approach to the Okinawa Basing Issue and the True Strengthening of the Alliance Robert D. Eldridge, Ph.D. D Director, U.S.-Japan Alliance Affairs Division Center for International Security Studies and Policy (CISSP) http://www2.osipp.osaka-u.ac.jp/~cissp/index.html School of International Public Policy, Osaka University (OSIPP) September 24, 2005 2005 9 24 1
Table of Contents Background Caveats Five Pillars of Proposal --Major Base Consolidations --Personnel Reductions Consolidations and Missions, not Political Expediency --Reducing the Negative Impact on the Local Communities --Okinawa s Long-term Socio-Economic Development --Structural Changes Conclusion Appendix 1 Map of the Main Island of Okinawa and U.S. Military Bases About the Author Japanese Translation 2
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