Thinking Ahead of the Warsaw Summit: ‘Natural Partners’ in Challenging Waters? Japan–NATO Co-Operation in a Changing Maritime Environment

TY - JOUR

T1 - Thinking Ahead of the Warsaw Summit: ‘Natural Partners’ in Challenging Waters?

T2 - Japan–NATO Co-Operation in a Changing Maritime Environment

AU - Patalano, Alessio

PY - 2016/6/22

Y1 - 2016/6/22

N2 - Japan–NATO co-operation has come a long way from the initial political contacts of the 1990s, with Japan’s contribution to reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan a core factor in the development of the partnership. Alessio Patalano, however, argues that it is the counter-piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean which has been critical to the development of a more robust form of military interaction and has set the foundations for an enhanced partnership. He explains why maritime security can continue to play a central role in driving co-operation forward, notwithstanding the need for both actors to respond to the return of peer competition at sea.

AB - Japan–NATO co-operation has come a long way from the initial political contacts of the 1990s, with Japan’s contribution to reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan a core factor in the development of the partnership. Alessio Patalano, however, argues that it is the counter-piracy operation in the Gulf of Aden and the Indian Ocean which has been critical to the development of a more robust form of military interaction and has set the foundations for an enhanced partnership. He explains why maritime security can continue to play a central role in driving co-operation forward, notwithstanding the need for both actors to respond to the return of peer competition at sea.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84975806568&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1080/03071847.2016.1193356

DO - 10.1080/03071847.2016.1193356

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84975806568

SN - 0307-1847

VL - 161

SP - 42

EP - 51

JO - RUSI Journal

JF - RUSI Journal

IS - 3

ER -