If he had done, it would have been the end of the world...以下は，Foreign Affairs という国際関係専門の雑誌からの引用．サイトからは記事の一部しか読むことができないが，一応，アメリカが安倍首相をどのように考えているかの一部がわかる．ぼくに国際政治を語る能力は残念ながらないが，興味のある人はこの雑誌の記事をコツコツ読むようにして欲しい．番組名は書かないが，ゲストの政治家や学者討論が変な司会者の管理の元に行なわれるやらせ番組を見ても日本と世界の政治
がどう動くなんてわからない．実は，ここのゲスト解答者にせよ，日米関係に詳しい（ことになっている）知識人はみんなこれを読んでいるし，この雑誌に書いてある以上のことは（たぶん）云えない．だけど，普通の人はこの雑誌のことはあまり知らない．ほとんどの洋書店に実は置いてあるが，へんな分厚い雑誌が置いてあるぐらいにしか思わない．もし，ＣＮＮがわかって，the Japan Times がすらすら読めるようなレヴェルにある人で，文化やニューズ記事じゃなくて，アメリカの最新政治情報，アメリカの対日政策がわかるようになりたい人は購読してゴリゴリと読むこ
とをお勧めする．誤解のないように書いておくが，ぼくはこの雑誌の出版社とは何の関係もないし，ぼく自身はこの雑誌を読む習慣はない．In fact, most political philosophers and politicians can't speak English. So, if you can, you will get the power of controlling the government only with your English skills.
How Able Is Abe?
Richard Katz and Peter Ennis
From Foreign Affairs, March/April 2007
Summary: Shinzo Abe has had a tough act to follow since succeeding the charismatic Junichiro Koizumi as Japan's prime minister. Abe has already
shown himself to be adept in the field of foreign affairs, and Tokyo's influence is likely to increase with him at the helm. But it remains uncertain whether he can keep the momentum going on the reforms needed to stave off economic stagnation.
Like Koizumi, Abe understands that Japan's increasingly urban and educated population needs and expects ongoing economic reform. When Koizumi repeatedly warned that there could be no growth without structural reform and sought to marginalize recalcitrant factions of his own ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), Abe, in a variety of posts concluding with chief cabinet secretary, stood with him. The two men are also united by a shared understanding that changes in global geopolitics require Japan to modify its relationship with the United States by becoming a more active partner. Tactics aside, both Koizumi and Abe accept that close ties with Washington are critical to dealing with the North Korean nuclear threat.
Underlying the similarities, however, are differences in personality and policy priorities. Koizumi as prime minister was a charismatic, iron-willed maverick and a loner; Abe is a staid and collegial pragmatist who, at the relatively young age of 52, may have a harder time imposing his will on the bureaucracy and the LDP. As prime minister, Koizumi focused on political and economic reform; he defined the latter narrowly, mostly as reducing the state's role in the economy. Abe, on the other hand, seems intent on emphasizing foreign policy and conservative domestic social issues, such as giving Japanese youths a more "patriotic" education.
http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20070301faessay86206/richard-katz-peter-ennis/how-able-is-abe.html
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