Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
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.
Synopsis
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.