Far from being based on chest-thumping nationalism, Abe’s national-security strategy reflects, above all, a deep awareness of how a lost generation of economic growth has affected the Japanese. His bravura diplomatic performances sometimes give the impression that a self-confident Japan has been a normal feature of the global landscape.
安倍晋三的国家安全战略决非民族主义空头许诺，而是首先植根于深刻地理解失去的二十年对日本人的影响。他的大胆的外交举措有时会给人造成一种印象，认为自信的日本已经成为全球图景中的常规元素。奇怪的是，人们——特别是中国人——似乎都忘了二十年来日本一直静静地旁观着中国的崛起（甚至起着支持作用，自邓小平采取改革开放政策以来，三十年里日本投资者向中国投资了数十亿美元）。