5. Pirates, Terrorists, and Formal Sponsorship

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1. Naval Operations and Grand Strategy in a New Security Environment 13
6. 2. Comparing Grand Strategies—and Their Inherent Limitations 28
7. 3. A Maritime Strategy of Primacy in the Persian Gulf 47
8. 4. Playing a Follow-the-Leader Strategy on the High Seas 66
9. 5. Pirates, Terrorists, and Formal Sponsorship 85
10. 6. Navigating the Proliferation Security Initiative and Informal Sponsorship 103
11. 7. Racing for the Arctic with a Strategy of Restraint 122
12. 8. Controlling the Southern Maritime Approaches with an Isolationist Strategy 142
13. Conclusion 161
14. Appendixes 179
15. Notes 189
16. Index 235