Maritime Gray Zone Operations

This book addresses the issues raised by Chinese and North Korean maritime 'gray zone' activities in the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

Andrew S. Erickson is Professor of Strategy at the Naval War College's China Maritime Studies Institute, RI, USA and a Visiting Scholar in the Department of Government at Harvard University.

Introduction: Understanding Chinese and North Korean Gray Zone Operations in the Yellow Sea 1. Conceptualizing China's Maritime Gray Zone Operations 2. Gray Zone Incidents in the Yellow Sea 3. China's Coast Guard: Organization, Forces, and Yellow Sea Applications 4. China's Maritime Militia in the Bohai Gulf and Yellow Sea 5. Casting a Wider Net: The Activities and Evolution of China's Maritime Militia in the Yellow Sea 6. North Korea: Gray Zone Actions in the Yellow Sea