Dear All,

You are cordially invited to SIPEC/Aoyama Gakuin Univ.
Seminar on "ROK and its Navy: Perceptions of Seapower and the Rise of China" by Dr. Ian Bowers (Norwegian Institute of Defense Studies). RSVP.

2014年度　国際研究センター研究会のお知らせ

THE ROK and its Navy:
Perceptions of Seapower and the Rise of China

Lecturer: Dr. Ian Bowers
Senior Research Fellow
Norwegian Institute of Defense Studies(Oslo)

Commentator: Grant Newsham
Research Fellow, the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies

Chair : Chiyuki Aoi
Professor, SIPEC, Aoyama Gakuin University

The ROK Navy is an organization torn between deterring North Korea in the littorals of the Korean Peninsula and developing forces capable of operating within the wider East Asian maritime environment. This presentation will analyze how the ROK and by extension its navy views and reacts to the security challenges posed by the rise of China. Importantly, it will shed light on the history procurement and operational doctrine of the ROKN, linking them to the ROK’s regional security policies and will demonstrate that the rise of China is an important element in informing the ROK’s perceptions of security and the utility of seapower.

Dr Ian Bowers is a Senior Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute of Defence Studies based in Oslo.
He specializes in South Korean security and Asian naval affairs, his current projects include a study on the influence of non-traditional naval operations on Asian navies and the future of South Korean - Japanese Security Relations. Dr Bowers received his PhD in War Studies from King’s College London in 2013.

Grant Newsham is a research fellow at the Japan Forum for Strategic Studies in Tokyo. He served with the US Marines for nearly thirty years, mostly in Asia, and was recently the first Marine Liaison Officer to the Japan Ground Self Defense Force. He is also a former US diplomat, serving at the US Embassy, Tokyo in the 1990’s. His research focuses on Asian defense and his articles have been published in the Christian Science Monitor, Daily Yomiuri, among others.

Date: 4 April 2014 (Friday) 18:30～20:00
Venue: Aoyama Gakuin University (Aoyama Campus) Building 8, 4th Floor, International Studies Seminar Room
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＊RSVP by 2 April 2014 tel: 03-3409-8045/e-mail:
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Chiyuki AOI, Ph.D
Professor, Graduate Programme Chair
Department of International Politics
School of International Politics, Economics and
Communication(SIPEC)
Aoyama Gakuin University

Forthcoming publication:
Asia-Pacific Nations in International Peace Support and Stability Missions（Co-editor with Yee-Kuang Heng), Palgrave, Asia Today Series, 2014.
http://us.macmillan.com/asiapacificnationsininternation
alpeacesupportandstabilitymissions/YeeKuangHeng#biograp
hy

Recent publication:
“Eikoku Taihanran Dokutorin [British Counterinsurgency
Doctrine: The Origin and Tenacity of the Classical Principles] (in Japanese),” Gunjisi Gaku [Japanese Journal of Military History], September 2013, pp.4-22.

Address:
Room 8-W411
4-4-25 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-8366 Japan
Tel: 81 3 3409 8537
Fax: 81 3 5485-0782
E-mail: aoi@sipeb.aoyama.ac.jp
Profile:
http://blog.sipec-square.net/research-performance/c-aoi
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