Grey and White Hulls

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xxiii

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2. Introduction

   • Ian Bowers, Swee Lean Collin Koh

   Pages 1-13

3. Northeast Asia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15

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   2. Integrating the China Coast Guard with the PLA Navy

      • Anguang Zheng

      Pages 17-36

   3. The JMSDF and JCG: Toward Cooperation and Contribution

      • Takuya Shimodaira

      Pages 37-54

   4. Establishing a Maritime Security Joint-Force Partnership Between the Republic of Korea Navy and the Korea Coast Guard

      • Sukjoon Yoon

      Pages 55-69

4. Southeast Asia

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 71-71

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   2. Navy-Coast Guard Emerging Nexus: The Case of Vietnam

      • Truong-Minh Vu, The Phuong Nguyen

      Pages 73-94

   3. Singapore’s Maritime Security Approach

      • Swee Lean Collin Koh

      Pages 95-107

   4. The Navy-Coast Guard Nexus and the Nature of Indonesian Maritime Security Governance

      • Muhamad Arif

      Pages 109-131

5. Europe

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133

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   2. Arctic Coast Guards: Managing New Challenges?

      • Andreas Østhagen

      Pages 135-157

   3. Ensuring Security in the Mediterranean Sea: The Italian Navy and Coast Guard

      • Alessandra Giada Dibenedetto

      Pages 159-180

   4. Russia’s Navy-Coastguard Nexus

      • Ingvill Moe Elgsaas, Liv Karin Parnemo

      Pages 181-200

6. North and South America

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. The United States

      • Jonathan G. Odom

      Pages 203-222

   3. Ready to Secure: A Sea Control Perspective on Canadian Fisheries Enforcement

      • Timothy Choi

      Pages 223-244

   4. The Navy-Coast Guard Nexus in Argentina: Lost in Democratization?

      • Nicole Jenne, María Lourdes Puente Olivera

      Pages 245-269

   5. Conclusion

      • Swee Lean Collin Koh, Ian Bowers

      Pages 271-279

7. Back Matter

   Pages 281-292

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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. 

• Northeast Asia and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• China and the the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Japan and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• South Korea and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Southeast Asia and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Vietnam and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Singapore and the the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Indonesia and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Europe and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• The North Atlantic and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Italy and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Russia and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• United States and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Canada and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus
• Argentina and the Navy-Coastguard Nexus

• Royal Danish Defence College, Copenhagen, Denmark

  Ian Bowers

• S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

  Swee Lean Collin Koh

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.

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