Book Review – Maritime Security in Southeast Asia
This edited volume deals with issues and dimensions related to maritime security in Southeast Asia. This is of considerable interest and relevance both from scholarly and policy-making perspectives. The contributors are scholars based in Southeast Asia and a limited number of European based scho...
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Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM Press)
2009
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.usm.my/40270/ http://eprints.usm.my/40270/1/BookReview_MaritimeSecurityinSoutheastAsia.pdf |
| Summary: | This edited volume deals with issues and dimensions related to maritime
security in Southeast Asia. This is of considerable interest and relevance
both from scholarly and policy-making perspectives. The contributors are
scholars based in Southeast Asia and a limited number of European based
scholars. The volume is the end product of a two-workshop process. The
volume is structured in the following way.
The volume is divided into five parts and fifteen chapters. The five
parts are "Introduction", "Challenges", "Responses", "Comments and
reflections", and "Afterword". Chapter 1 by Anders C. Sjaastad analyses the
Southeast Asian sea-lanes of communication and security options (pp.
1–13). Chapter 2 by Barry Desker discusses the safety of navigation in the
Malacca Strait (pp. 14–18). Chapter 3 by Joshua Ho analyses the importance
and security of regional sea-lanes (pp. 21–33). Chapter 4 by W. Lawrence S.
Prabhakar is devoted to the regional dimension of territorial and maritime
disputes in Southeast Asia (pp. 34-48). Chapter 5 by Ralf Emmers analyses
the maritime disputes in the South China Sea (pp. 49–61). Chapter 6 by
Catherine Zara Raymond is devoted to piracy in the waters of Southeast
Asia (pp. 62–77). Chapter 7 by Arabinda Acharya studies the threat of
maritime terrorism in Southeast Asia (pp. 78–93). Chapter 8 by Sam
Bateman analyses the possibilities of creating order at sea in Southeast Asia
(pp. 97–116). Chapter 9 by Robert Beckman studies the issue of
Archipelagic sea-lanes passage in Southeast Asia (pp. 117–133). Chapter 10
by Christian-Marius Stryken is devoted to the Regional Maritime Security
Initiative of the United States of America (USA) and its grand strategy on
Southeast Asia (pp. 134–145). In chapter 11 Jan Georg Christophersen
studies satellite-based tracking of ships as a global crime control (pp. 146–
161). Chapter 12 by Gunnar Stølsvik is devoted to flags of convenience and
its impact on combating crime at sea (pp. 162–174). Chapter 13 by John K.
Skogan analyses the challenges of terrorism at sea (pp. 177–188). In
Chapter 14 Kwa Chong Guan reflects on the changing maritime security
environment (pp. 189–197). Finally, in Chapter 15 Tay Lim Heng discusses
the importance of shipping and the challenges ahead (pp. 201–204). |
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