1st Edition
Maritime Security in Southeast Asia
Introduction 1. Southeast-Asian SLOCs and security options Anders C. Sjaastad 2 Re-thinking the safety of navigation in the Malacca Straits Barry Desker Challenges 3. The importance and security of regional sea lanes Joshua Ho 4. The regional dimension of territorial and maritime disputes in Southeast Asia: Actors, disagreements and dynamics W. Lawrence S. Prabhakar 5. Maritime disputes in the South China Sea: Strategic and diplomatic status quo Ralf Emmers 6. Piracy in the waters of Southeast Asia Catherine Zara Raymond 7. Maritime terrorist threat in Southeast Asia Arabinda Acharya Responses 8. Building good order at sea in Southeast Asia: The promise of international regimes Sam Bateman 9. Archipelagic sea lanes passage in Southeast Asia: Developments and uncertainties Robert Beckman 10. The US Regional Maritime Security Initiative and US grand strategy in Southeast Asia Christian-Marius Stryken 11. Satellite-based tracking of ships as global crime control: ISPS Code, AIS, SSAS and LRIT Jan Georg Christophersen 12. Flags of Convenience as a complicating factor in combating crime at sea Gunnar Stolsik Comments and reflections 13.Terrorism at sea: Combating what - and how? John K. Skogan 14. Reflections on the changing maritime security environment Kwa Chong Guan Afterword 15. The important role of shipping: Challenges ahead Tay Lim Heng
Biography
Kwa Chong Guan is Head of External Programs at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Co-Chair of Singapore's National Committee of the Council for Security Co-operation in the Asia Pacific. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the History Department of the National University of Singapore.
John K. Skogan is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. His fields of research and publication include strategic affairs and arms control, and cover more specifically also naval matters in a North Atlantic context.
