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Maritime Power and the Law of the Sea

Maritime Power and the Law of the Sea Expeditionary Operations in World Politics

Author: James Kraska
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199773381
Published In: February 2011
Format: Hardback
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Unique interdisciplinary focus, relating law of the sea and global commons to geopolitics
Connects disparate oceans interests such as environment, law, and military, into a cohesive analysis giving readers a well-rounded view
New approach to organizing maritime claims based on their practical effect or impact on global commons
Clear graphics that illustrate practical effect of laws on naval power allow readers to more easily understand
Contains an "insider's account" of law-making in the United States and at the International Maritime Organization

In Maritime Power and the Law of the Sea: Expeditionary Operations in World Politics, Commander James Kraska analyzes the evolving rules governing freedom of the seas and their impact on expeditionary operations in the littoral, near-shore coastal zone. Coastal state practice and international law are developing in ways that restrict naval access to the littorals and associated coastal communities and inshore regions that have become the fulcrum of world geopolitics. Consequently, the ability of naval forces to project expeditionary power throughout semi-enclosed seas, exclusive economic zones (EEZs) and along the important sea-shore interface is diminishing and, as a result, limiting strategic access and freedom of action where it is most needed.

Commander Kraska describes how control of the global commons, coupled with new approaches to sea power and expeditionary force projection, has given the United States and its allies the ability to assert overwhelming sea power to nearly any area of the globe. But as the law of the sea gravitates away from a classic liberal order of the oceans, naval forces are finding it more challenging to accomplish the spectrum of maritime missions in the coastal littorals, including forward presence, power projection, deterrence, humanitarian assistance and sea control. The developing legal order of the oceans fuses diplomacy, strategy and international law to directly challenge unimpeded access to coastal areas, with profound implications for American grand strategy and world politics.

Readership: Students (undergraduate and graduate) studying and professionals practicing maritime law, international law and international politics.

James Kraska, Commander, Howard S. Levie Professor of Operational Law, U.S. Naval War College

Commander James Kraska, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, is the Howard S. Levie Chair of Operational Law in the International Law Department at the U.S. Naval War College. He also serves as a Senior Fellow with the Foreign Policy Research Institute and a Guest Investigator and former Fellow at the Marine Policy Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. As the former Oceans Policy Adviser for the Director, Strategic Plans & Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Commander Kraska led global freedom of navigation policy for the U.S. armed forces for three years. Commander Kraska earned a doctor of jurisprudence (J.D.) from Indiana University Maurer School of Law and a master of laws (LL.M.) and a doctor of juridical science (J.S.D.) from the University of Virginia School of Law. Commander Kraska completed four Pentagon senior staff assignments and two tours in Japan, and he served as legal adviser for joint and naval task force commanders operating in the Pacific. Author of more than

articles and book chapters, Kraska's writings have appeared in Yale Journal of International Law, Stanford Journal of International Law, Survival, Comparative Strategy, Ocean Development & International Law, International Journal of Marine & Coastal Law and Current History, among others. He is completing a study on maritime piracy for Praeger and an edited volume on circumpolar Arctic Security with Cambridge University Press.