| Acknowledgements | 第1-4页 |
| Abstract | 第4-5页 |
| 摘要 | 第5-7页 |
| Introduction | 第7-9页 |
| Chapter One Creation of the Alliance | 第9-12页 |
| Chapter Two “Shifting”Crisis | 第12-28页 |
| ·Demonstration of “Shifting” | 第12-22页 |
| ·Intensifying Trade Frictions | 第12-15页 |
| ·Contradiction in Defense Cooperation | 第15-18页 |
| ·Confrontation in Politics and Diplomacy | 第18-20页 |
| ·Antagonism in National Sentiments | 第20-22页 |
| ·Underlying Reasons for “Shifting” | 第22-25页 |
| ·Acute Changes in International Structure | 第22-23页 |
| ·Changes in the balance of power | 第23-24页 |
| ·Restructuring of National Security Strategies | 第24-25页 |
| ·“Redefinition”of the U.S.-Japan Alliance | 第25-28页 |
| Chapter Three U.S.-Japan Alliance under Terrorist Threats | 第28-38页 |
| ·Consolidation of the Alliance | 第28-33页 |
| ·Closer Political Relations | 第28-30页 |
| ·Accelerating Military and Security Cooperation | 第30-33页 |
| ·Reasons Underlying the Consolidation | 第33-38页 |
| ·Changes in the International Security Situation after 9?11 | 第33-34页 |
| ·Adjustments in the Global and Asian Strategies of the United States | 第34-35页 |
| ·Japan’s Plan to Maximize Its Own Interests through the U.S.-Japan Alliance | 第35-36页 |
| ·Response to the “China Rise”Theory | 第36-38页 |
| Chapter Four U.S.-Japan Alliance in the Global Financial Crisis | 第38-48页 |
| ·Impact of the Crisis on the Alliance | 第38-45页 |
| ·Challenge for the U.S.-Japan Burden-Sharing Model | 第38-42页 |
| ·Contradiction between Diversified Targets and Limited Resources | 第42-45页 |
| ·A Great Opportunity of New Life for the Alliance | 第45-48页 |
| Chapter Five Analysis and Prediction of the U.S.-Japan Alliance | 第48-56页 |
| ·Contradictions within the Alliance | 第48-51页 |
| ·Different Strategic Goals Sowing Seeds for Potential Conflicts | 第48-49页 |
| ·“Alliance Dilemma”V.S the Essential Inequality within the Alliance | 第49-50页 |
| ·Lingering Economic and Trade Frictions | 第50-51页 |
| ·Cohesive Forces within the Alliance | 第51-56页 |
| ·Sustaining Mutual Political Needs | 第51-53页 |
| ·Paradoxical Relationship between Economic Frictions and Alliance Consolidati | 第53-54页 |
| ·Mutually Indispensable in Security | 第54-55页 |
| ·The Emergency Response System within the Alliance | 第55-56页 |
| Conclusion | 第56-57页 |
| Bibliography | 第57-60页 |
