Since the late 1990s, the Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has countered a myriad of 'outlaw' threats at sea including piracy, terrorism, the proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) and the threat posed by 'rogue states'. Japan's innovative strategy has transformed maritime security governance in Southeast Asia and beyond.

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counter-terrorism
Governance
terrorism

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Leiden University, The Netherlands

Lindsay Black

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Lindsay Black is Lecturer in the International Relations of East Asia at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), the Netherlands. His published work includes articles in The Pacific Review, International Relations, and International Relations of the Asia Pacific.

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Book Title: Japan's Maritime Security Strategy
Book Subtitle: The Japan Coast Guard and Maritime Outlaws
Authors: Lindsay Black
Series Title: Critical Studies of the Asia-Pacific
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137385550
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-38554-3Published: 11 March 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-48130-9Published: 01 January 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-38555-0Published: 07 March 2014
Series ISSN: 2662-222X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-2238
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 221
Topics: International Relations, Organized Crime, Military and Defence Studies, Asian Politics, Political Science, Criminology

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Leiden University, The Netherlands

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