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This book undertakes an in-depth examination of the diversity in international approaches to the navy-coastguard nexus. It considers the evolving global maritime security landscape and the emergence and proliferation of maritime law enforcement agencies-collectively referred to here as "coastguards"-performing peacetime constabulary duties alongside navies. Through a cross-regional study of various countries worldwide, including those in Asia and Europe, this book reveals that there is no one optimal, "one size fits all" organizational structure. Instead, there is a wide array of drivers that influence a nation-state's maritime security architecture and its organizational approach to managing security at sea, or broadly speaking, securing its national maritime interests.
List of contents
1. Introduction: Exploring the Navy-Coastguard Nexus.- 2. Integrating the China Coast Guard with the PLA Navy.- 3. The JMSDF and JCG: Toward Cooperation and Contribution.- 4. Establishing a Maritime Security Joint-Force Partnership between the Republic of Korea Navy and the Korea Coast Guard.- 5. Navy-Coastguard Emerging Nexus: The Case of Vietnam.- 6. Singapore's Maritime Security Approach.- 7. The Navy-Coastguard Nexus and the Nature of Indonesian Security Governance.- 8. Arctic Coastguards - Managing New Challenges?.- 9. Ensuring Security in the Mediterranean Sea: The Italian Navy and Coastguard.- 10. Russia's Navy-Coastguard Nexus.- 11. The United States and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus.- 12. Ready to Secure: A Sea Control Perspective on Canadian Fisheries Enforcement.- 13. The Navy-Coastguard Nexus in Argentina: Lost in Democratization?.- 14. Conclusion.
About the author
Ian Bowers is an associate professor at the Institute for Strategy, Royal Danish Defence College. His research focuses on seapower, deterrence, military technology and South Korean defence policy. He holds a PhD in War Studies from King’s College London, United Kingdom.
Collin Koh Swee Lean is a Research Fellow at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, a constituent unit of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS). His research focuses on maritime security and naval affairs in the Indo-Pacific, focusing on Southeast Asia in particular.
Summary
This book undertakes an in-depth examination of the diversity in international approaches to the navy-coastguard nexus. It considers the evolving global maritime security landscape and the emergence and proliferation of maritime law enforcement agencies—collectively referred to here as “coastguards”—performing peacetime constabulary duties alongside navies. Through a cross-regional study of various countries worldwide, including those in Asia and Europe, this book reveals that there is no one optimal, “one size fits all” organizational structure. Instead, there is a wide array of drivers that influence a nation-state’s maritime security architecture and its organizational approach to managing security at sea, or broadly speaking, securing its national maritime interests.
