1st Edition
Southeast Asia and the Rise of Chinese and Indian Naval Power Between Rising Naval Powers
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.
