Exploring Base Politics: How Host Countries Shape the Network of U.S. Overseas Bases

ISBN-13: 9780367404758 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 198 str.

Kawana, Shinji

Opis

By analysing cases from Japan, Greenland, Germany, Italy, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Singapore, this book sheds light on the mechanisms of base politics that surround US overseas military bases. Beyond bringing America strategic and security benefits, they influence power relations in the entire world.

Spis treści

Introduction (Shinji Kawana and Minori Takahashi)  1: What Questions does the Study of Military Bases Pose? (Shinji Kawana)  2: Rethinking the Politics Surrounding the US Military Base in Greenland with a Focus on Non-material Factors (Minori Takahashi)  3: U.S. Bases in Italy: From a Cold War Frontier to a Hub for Power Projection (Matteo Dian)  4: Defending NATO’s Southern Flank: Spain’s Democratization, the Ending of the Cold War and the U.S. Military Presence (Shino Hateruma)  5: Domestic Environmental Policy and Status of Forces Agreement: U.S. Military Presence and New Water Pollution Risk in Germany (Keisuke Mori)  6: Why do Anti-Base Movements Occur and/or Activate? An Analysis of the Turkish Case (Kohei Imai)  7: Strategic Asset or Political Burden? U.S. Military Bases and Base Politics in Saudi Arabia (Masaki Mizobuchi)  8: Singapore’s Distinctive “Quasi-Bases”: Regional Security Environment, National Discourse, and Path-Dependence (Kei Koga)  9: Base Politics within the Framework of the U.S.-ROK Alliance Management Scheme (Tomonori Ishida)  Conclusion (Shinji Kawana and Minori Takahashi)