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This book reveals the varied motivations for overseas military bases and base access among great powers and offers a valuable window into the nature and scope of the broader "great power competition" underway in the twenty-first century.
List of contents
Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Geostrategic Competition and Overseas Military Bases: U.S., Chinese, and Russian Force Posture in the 21st Century
Chapter 2: Temperatures Rising: Great powers, regional players, and the struggle for bases and access in the Pacific Islands
Chapter 3: Geostrategic Competition and U.S., China, and Russian basing in East Asia
Chapter 4: Military Basing and Access in the Indian Ocean Region: Strategic Asymmetries Among the Major Powers
Chapter 5: Overseas Basing Logistics at a Crossroads in the Middle East, Sub-Sahara Africa, and the Western Indian Ocean
Chapter 6: Strategic competition for overseas basing in sub-Saharan Africa
Chapter 7: International Ordering and Great Power Competition: Lessons from Central Asia's Post-Cold War Basing Relations
Chapter 8: Great Power Competition and Overseas Basing in the Arctic
Chapter 9: European Maritime Security and Strategic Access in an Age of Great Power Competition
Chapter 10: Strategic competition and basing in Central and Eastern Europe
Chapter 11: Competing for Consent: Public Support and the Foundations of U.S. Overseas Basing in Europe
Chapter 12: The Future of Geostrategic Competition and Overseas Bases: Lessons for U.S. Strategic Planners
Index
About the Authors
About the author
Andrew Yeo is a senior fellow and the SK-Korea Foundation Chair at the Brookings Institution's Center for East Asia Policy Studies. He is also a professor of politics at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Isaac B. Kardon is senior fellow for China studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.
