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How does climate change affect the politics of military bases? The United States alone has hundreds of overseas bases that require continuous coordination with host governments. I argue that climate change can create knock-on environmental problems associated with a base's infrastructure or waste. Those knock-on problems create a mix of subnational, international, and transnational political contestation that raises the political costs of overseas bases and could even rupture an international relationship. I probe the plausibility of the theoretical framework using new evidence from Greenland. Between 1953 and 1967, the US Army maintained secret bases in Greenland as precursors for a nuclear ballistic missile complex. The bases were eventually abandoned, leaving considerable waste behind. Climate change is now poised to remobilize these pollutants into the surface water, creating a risk for human settlements. The case could be the proverbial canary in the coal mine for future politics surrounding overseas military bases.

Description based on: Apr. 1989; title from cover. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; Issued by: United States, Dept. of the Army, Foreign Liaison Office, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, ; by: Dept. of the Army, Directorate of Foreign Liaison, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence

Spine title: Military attache directory. ; Cover title. ; "April 1989"--Spine. ; Shipping list no.: 89-206-P. ; Mode of access: Internet.

When do we see social movements against the American military overseas, and what explains their varying intensity? Despite increasing interest in the global network of U.S. military bases on foreign soil, we still do not understand why some host communities mobilize against the American bases in their backyards, while others remain compliant. This book addresses this puzzle by investigating the contentious politics surrounding twenty U.S. military bases across Korea and Japan-faithful U.S. allies and two of the largest U.S. base hosts in the world. In particular, it looks at municipalities hosting these bases and differing levels of community acceptance and resistance over time. Drawing on fieldwork interviews, participant observation, and protest event data (2000-2015), the book shows what makes activists in base towns successful.

Behind the Barbed Wire Fence -- Military Bases in East Asia: The Case of Okinawa -- Transnational Movements During the Occupation of Okinawa: Third Country Nationals and the U.S. Bases -- The "Other" Mixed Race: The Nisei in Perspective -- The Return to Okinawa: Capital, Networks, Mobility -- The Other Army: United States Forces in Japan Employees in Okinawa -- "Home is where the Heart is?" An Invisible Minority -- Future Trajectories: A Conclusion

Focuses on motivations and strategies, including those of the Defense Department and Congress, underpinning base closures, closures' economic impact on communities, alternatives to military land uses, and costs and benefits of conversion; since 1970.

Abstract
In a recently published article, Allen et al. (Outside the wire: U.S. military deployments and public opinion in host states', American Political Science Review, 114(2), 326–341; 2020) argue that US military deployments nurture favorable attitudes toward the United States among foreign citizens. Their claim is based on social contact and economic compensation theories, applied to a large-scale cross-national survey project funded by the US government. However, their analysis disregards the geographical concentration of US military facilities within the host countries. To examine the relevance of geography and assess both positive and negative externalities, we focus on Japan – a notable case given its status as the country hosting the largest number of US military personnel in the world. We show that residents of Okinawa, a small prefecture hosting 70% of US military facilities within Japan have considerably unfavorable attitudes toward the US military presence in their prefecture. They hold this negative sentiment specifically toward the bases in Okinawa regardless of their contact with Americans and economic benefits and their general support for the US military presence within Japan. Our findings support an alternative theory of not-in-my-backyard. They also shed light on the importance of local foreign public opinion for foreign policy analysis and call for a more balanced scholarly debate on the externalities of the global US military presence.