Maritime Security in Southeast Asia

by Chong Guan; Kwa

• ISBN13: 9780415413886
• ISBN10: 0415413885
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-04-24
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

This book confronts both the maritime security challenges and responses. In Southeast Asia, maritime security has, over the last twenty years, taken on a much greater importance, due to the Law of the Sea convention, which has resulted in a 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs). As well as traditional security threats to maritime security, there has also emerged a range of non-traditional threat, such as those emanating from piracy and international terrorism that spill over into the maritime domain. Events such as September 11th, and the designation of Southeast Asia as a 'second front' in the war against terrorism, have resulted in the growing realization that multilateral security cooperation is required in order to better manage emerging security threats. Expert contributors to this book identify the nature of the maritime security problem and critically evaluate the various responses with an eye to improving the management of prevailing and emerging security threats. This bookwill be an invaluable resource to academics, policy analysts, legislators and students interested in security issues in Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xi
Introduction	p. 1
Southeast Asian SLOCS and security options	p. 3
Re-thinking the safety of navigation in the Malacca Strait	p. 14
Challenges	p. 19
The importance and security of regional sea lanes	p. 21
The regional dimension of territorial and maritime disputes in Southeast Asia: actors, disagreements and dynamics	p. 34
Maritime disputes in the South China Sea: strategic and diplomatic status quo	p. 49
Piracy in the waters of Southeast Asia	p. 62
Maritime terrorist threat in Southeast Asia	p. 78
Responses	p. 95
Building good order at sea in Southeast Asia: the promise of international regimes	p. 97
Archipelagic sea lanes passage in Southeast Asia: developments and uncertainties	p. 117
The US Regional Maritime Security Initiative and US grand strategy in Southeast Asia	p. 134
Satellite-based tracking of ships as global crime control: ISPS Code, AIS, SSAS and LRIT	p. 146
Flags of convenience as a complicating factor in combating crime at sea	p. 162
Comments and reflections	p. 175
Terrorism at sea: combating what - and how?	p. 177
Reflections on the changing maritime security environment	p. 189
Afterword	p. 199
The important role of shipping: challenges ahead	p. 201
Bibliography	p. 205
Index	p. 218
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