Asia’s Naval Expansion

Geoffrey Till is Professor of Maritime Studies in the Defence Studies Department of King's College London.

• Introduction Scope of the study Problems of analysis Arms racing in perspective Cooperation not conflict? Chapter One Naval modernisation, action–reaction dynamics and their drivers Patterns of acquisition Drivers of naval acquisition: external or internal? One race or many? Measuring intensity Levels of political tension Perceptions of racing Measuring intent Chapter Two Sea control Conceptual approaches to sea control Anti-Access/Area Denial (A2/AD) Air–Sea Battle Sea-control forces Sea-control operations Chapter Three Traditional missions Deterrence Nuclear deterrent forces Deterrent operations Ballistic-missile defence BMD capabilities BMD operations Maritime power-projection Gunboat diplomacy: competitive naval diplomacy Gunboat diplomacy thinking Gunboat diplomacy operations Chapter Four Non-traditional missions Expeditionary operations Stability operations/HADR Maritime security at home and abroad Cooperative naval diplomacy Conclusion Remaking the regional order Conclusions Looking to the future Appendix