1st Edition

Bangladesh’s Maritime Policy Entwining Challenges

By Abul Kalam Copyright 2019
252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

252 Pages
by Routledge

Following successive international legal verdicts, Bangladesh is now an accredited maritime state. Possessing a spacious territorial sea and an extended continental shelf, with a maritime zone almost equalling its land borders, a ‘window of opportunity’ has opened for the country to realise its developmental aspirations. Yet, it faces numerous challenges, many of which are entwined. This book... Read more

1. Introduction 2. Maritime Legacies and Vision 3. Maritime Gains and Prospects 4. Maritime Destiny: Entwining Challenges 5. Maritime Security: Strategic Imperatives 6. Blue Economy: Opportunities and Challenges 7. Conclusion

Biography

Abul Kalam is a former faculty of the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh, where he taught Modern History and International Relations. His publications include The Communist Triangle: Foreign Policy Interactions, which won him the ‘Justice Ibrahim Gold Medal,’ awarded by the University of Dhaka.