New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific - Strategy, Order, and Regional Security

"Competition at sea is back as a central issue of international security. Today, the US-led maritime order and the freedom to use the ocean as a vast maneuver space to access different markets and theaters stands contested. Nowhere is the urgency to address state-on-state competition at sea more strongly felt than in the Indo-Pacific region, where freedom of navigation stands challenged by regional states' continuous investments in naval power and the renewed political will to use it. The international groups of distinguished contributors to this volume survey and analyze the implications of the return of naval power as a critical consideration of international relations in the Indo-Pacific region. Catherine L. Grant, Alessio Patalano, and James A. Russell develop an original framework in which five factors of influence help explain how and why naval power matters in this pivotal part of the world for cooperation, coercion, and competition. The chapters also provide historical background, outline key issues, and conduct a close examination of key subregions. This book will be read by both academics and policy makers alike seeking to navigate the complexity of maritime security and regional affairs"--

About the author

Catherine L. Grant is a former research associate at the Naval Postgraduate School and a graduate of the master's program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies.
Alessio Patalano is a professor in the Department of War Studies at King's College London.
James A. Russell is an associate professor in the Department of National Security Affairs at the Naval Postgraduate School.

Product details

• Authors: Catherine L. Patalano Grant
• Assisted by: Catherine L. Grant (Editor), Alessio Patalano (Editor), Patalano Alessio (Editor), James A. Russell (Editor), Russell James A. (Editor), Ann E. Rondeau (Foreword)
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2023
• EAN: 9781647123383
• ISBN: 978-1-64712-338-3
• No. of pages: 360
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), HISTORY / Military / Naval, HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy, HISTORY / Military / Strategy, maritime history, Naval forces & warfare, Defence strategy, planning & research, Military and defence strategy, Naval forces and warfare, Groupings linked by seas, Indo-Pacific