The Modernisation of the Republic of Korea Navy - Seapower, Strategy and Politics

This book sheds light on one of the most under-studied but powerful navies in the world. Using a multifaceted approach, it examines how the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has sought to transform itself from a coastal naval force focused solely on deterring North Korea to a navy capable of operating in the blue waters of East Asia and beyond. The project argues that peninsular and regional security dynamics, technological developments, the US-South Korea alliance and internal politics combine to inform and shape ROKN modernisation.  

List of contents

1. Chapter 1: Introduction.- 2. Chapter 2: North Korea and Deterrence at Sea.- 3. Chapter 3: To the Blue-water.- 4. Chapter 4: Force Modernisation and Integration.- 5. Chapter 5: The United States and the ROKN.- 6. Chapter 6: Creating a Naval Identity.- 7. Chapter 7: Politics, Strategy and Naval Modernisation.- 8. Chapter 8: Conclusion

About the author

Ian Bowers is Associate Professor at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Oslo, Norway.

Summary

This book sheds light on one of the most under-studied but powerful navies in the world. Using a multifaceted approach, it examines how the Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) has sought to transform itself from a coastal naval force focused solely on deterring North Korea to a navy capable of operating in the blue waters of East Asia and beyond. The project argues that peninsular and regional security dynamics, technological developments, the US-South Korea alliance and internal politics combine to inform and shape ROKN modernisation.  

Product details

• Authors: Ian Bowers
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319922904
• ISBN: 978-3-31-992290-4
• No. of pages: 239
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 218 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 468 g
• Illustrations: XXI, 239 p. 9 illus.
• Series: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific; Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; Asien, B, Krieg und Verteidigung, Politik und Staat, Asia, International Relations, Politics & government, Warfare & defence, Political Science and International Studies, International Relations Theory, International Security Studies, Asia—Politics and government, Asian Politics, Security, International, Politics and war, Military and Defence Studies, Political studies, regional security dynamics, peninsular security dynamics, Naval Identity, South Korean security policy, Korean Peninsula