Environmental protection as international security
Conserving the Pentagon's island bases in the Asia-Pacific
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4808265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Harris (0000-0002-3970-9274, Department of Government, University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 377-393 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Canada s Journal of Global Policy Analysis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7020 • E-ISSN: 2052-465X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0020702014538772 |
| OpenAlex | W2154583023 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
Island bases are integral to US grand strategy in the Asia-Pacific. In this article, I discuss the increasingly common practice of using environmental protection initiatives to secure the Pentagon's hold on these prized assets. I argue that nature reserves on or around militarized sites on Guam, the Central Pacific islands, and Diego Garcia serve to buttress US political control over the territory concerned. In short, nature reserves in the Pacific and Indian oceans give vital political cover to the island fortresses that they envelop by adding a public relations-friendly rationale for the US military's occupation of colonized territories as well as an additional layer of politico-legal control
Asia pacific · Central asia · Climate change · Economics · Economy · Geography · Pentagon · Political science · Politics · Small Island Developing States · Ecology · International Maritime Law Issues · Korean Peninsula Historical and Political Studies · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense
| Citations per year | 0.44 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2024 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |