Situating Somali piracy in Japanese security policy

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dc.contributor.authorAttwell, Roberten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-28T06:45:29Z
dc.date.available2017-08-28T06:45:29Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionCITATION: Attwell, R. 2016. Situating Somali piracy in Japanese security policy. African East Asian Affairs - The China Monitor, 4:54-71, doi:10.7552/0-4-182.en_ZA
dc.descriptionhttp://aeaa.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/182
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines Tokyo’s engagement with Somali piracy and discusses what it reveals about Japan’s overall security posture. I argue that Japan’s response to Somali piracy highlights the continued salience of domestic political processes and em-bedded anti-militarist norms in moulding Tokyo’s responses to emergent threats, of which piracy is a prime example. This is evidenced by the fact that the Japan Coast Guard (JCG), rather than the Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force (JMSDF), is primarily responsible for Japan’s anti-piracy mission in the Gulf of Aden. Additionally, I draw attention to the economic logic underpinning Japan’s approach to security and posit that the defence of sea lanes links maritime security issues to continued economic security to explain why combatting maritime piracy is important to Tokyo.en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://aeaa.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/182
dc.description.versionPublishers' Version
dc.format.extent18 pages
dc.identifier.citationAttwell, R. 2016. Situating Somali piracy in Japanese security policy. African East Asian Affairs - The China Monitor, 4:54-71, doi:10.7552/0-4-182en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2308-8699 (online)
dc.identifier.otherdoi:10.7552/0-4-182en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/102148
dc.language.isoen_ZAen_ZA
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Centre for Chinese Studiesen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyrighten_ZA
dc.subjectSomali piracyen_ZA
dc.subjectPiracy -- Aden, Gulf ofen_ZA
dc.subjectPiracy -- Preventionen_ZA
dc.subjectShipping -- Security measuresen_ZA
dc.subjectAnti-military policy -- Japanen_ZA
dc.subjectPeace -- Economic aspects -- Japanen_ZA
dc.subjectMaritime security -- Japanen_ZA
dc.titleSituating Somali piracy in Japanese security policyen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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