1st Edition

Southeast Asia and the Rise of Chinese and Indian Naval Power Between Rising Naval Powers

Edited By Sam Bateman, Joshua Ho Copyright 2010
272 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 11 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines the emerging maritime security scene in Southeast Asia. It considers highly topical implications for the region of possible strategic competition between China and India - the rising naval powers of Asia - with a possible naval "arms race" emerging between these countries both with naval force development and operations. As part of its "Look East" policy, India has deployed... Read more

Introduction – Arun Prakash  Part I: Regional Strategic Environment – Contemporary Regional Relations  1. Between Rising Powers – A Broad Strategic Overview - C. Raja Mohan  2. China’s Relations with Southeast Asia - Huang Jing  3. US Engagement with China, India and Southeast Asia - Bronson Percival  4. Japanese Engagement with China, India and Southeast Asia - Masashi Nishihara  5. Singapore’s Strategic Involvement in the Indian Ocean - Emrys Chew  6. Chinese Perspective - Cai Peng Hong  7. The Korean Perspective - Park Chang Kwoun  8. The Malaysian Perspective - Mohd Nizam Basiron & Sumathy Permal  Part II: Contemporary Regional Maritime Security  9. Regional Maritime Security – Threats and Risk Assessments - Sam Bateman  10. Cooperative Mechanisms for Safety and Security in the Malacca and Singapore Straits - Robert C. Beckman  11. Shaping Naval Power – Implications of the Naval Buildup in Asia - Norman Friedman  12. Chinese Naval Developments - Zhang Junshe  13. Indian Perspective - Devbrat Chakraborty  14. US Perspective - Michael McDevitt  15. Japanese Perspective - Takeshi Kohno  16. Australian Perspective - Rory Medcalf  17. Scope for Maritime Cooperation and Confidence Building - Pradeep Chauhan   18. Towards a Cooperative Maritime Regime in Southeast Asian Seas – Contemporary Issues, including in the South China Sea - Li Mingjiang  19. Cooperation and Confidence Building: A Southeast Asian Perspective - Kwa Chong Guan  Conclusion – Do rough seas lie ahead? - Sam Bateman

Biography

Sam Bateman retired from the Royal Australian Navy as a Commodore and is now a Professorial Research Fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong, Australia; and a Senior Fellow and Adviser to the Maritime Security Programme at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS), Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.

Joshua Ho is a Senior Fellow at the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore and Coordinator of its Maritime Security Programme. He is a serving Naval Officer with 22 years of service and currently holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He is co-editor of Best of Times, Worst of Times: Maritime Security in the Asia-Pacific; The Evolving Maritime Balance of Power in the Asia-Pacific: Maritime Doctrines and Nuclear Weapons at Sea and Globalisation and Defence in the Asia-Pacific.