Navies and Maritime Policies in the South Atlantic （2019）

Duarte, Érico (EDT)/ Correia de Barros, Manuel (EDT)

Springer Nature Switzerland AG（2019/02発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 198 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9783030105990
• DDC分類 327.091635

Full Description

This edited volume analyzes national security issues with maritime implications, and, specifically, naval projects and postures of main South Atlantic countries: Brazil, Argentina, Nigeria, and South Africa. Additionally, it provides comprehensive and multi-level analysis of the interplay among national interests in the processes of demarcation of limits of the continental shelf and contention among Uruguay, Chile, Argentina, and the United Kingdom in the Southern Atlantic and the Antarctica. This book will interest scholars, researchers, and students in the fields of Latin American politics, regional studies, foreign and defense policy, and maritime security.

Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Maritime Security and Governance of the South Atlantic: The Nigerian Perspective.- 3. The South African Navy and Regional Maritime Security: The Dilemma of Political-strategic Objectives and Financial Constraints.- 4. The Expansion of Argentine Limits in the Continental Shelf: Implications in the International Scope.- 5. The UK and Argentina: Economic Interdependence, Informal Empire, or Just Good Friends?.- 6. Gateway and Neighbourhood: Brazilian Perspectives on South Atlantic Security.- 7. Brazil and the Construction of its Power to Defend the South Atlantic.- 8. Conclusion.