Japan''s Maritime Security Strategy - The Japan Coast Guard and Maritime Outlaws

Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Japan's innovative strategy has transformed maritime security governance in Southeast Asia and beyond.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Japan: An Innovative Power? 3. Defining Outlaws 4. The Root Causes of Outlaw Behaviour 5. North Korean 'suspicious ships' 6. Piracy in Southeast Asia and the Gulf of Aden 7. Counter-terrorism and Proliferation at Sea 8. Conclusion

About the author

Lindsay Black is Lecturer in the International Relations of East Asia at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), the Netherlands. His published work includes articles in The Pacific Review, International Relations, and International Relations of the Asia Pacific.

Product details

• Authors: L Black, L. Black, Lindsay Black
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.03.2014
• EAN: 9781137385543
• ISBN: 978-1-137-38554-3
• No. of pages: 233
• Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific; Critical Studies of the Asia-P; Critical Studies of the Asia-P; Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; B, Political Science, Asia, Criminology, International Relations, Organized crime, Politics and government, Warfare and defence, Political science and theory, Crime and criminology, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Asia—Politics and government, Asian Politics, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, counter-terrorism;Governance;terrorism