Maritime Security in Southeast Asia (Routledge Security in Asia Series)

ISBN 10: 0415560055 / ISBN 13: 9780415560054

Published by Routledge, 2007

About this Item

In southeast Asia, maritime security has, over the past few years, taken on a much greater importance due to the Law of the Sea convention. This book aims to identify the nature of the maritime security problem and critically evaluates the various responses to improving the management of prevailing and emerging security threats. Editor(s): Kwa, Chong Guan; Skogan, John. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPS; JPV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 13. Weight in Grams: 374. . 2009. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Maritime Security in Southeast Asia (Routledge Security in Asia Series)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415560055
• ISBN 13: 9780415560054
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

This book confronts both the maritime security challenges and responses. In Southeast Asia, maritime security has, over the last twenty years, taken on a much greater importance, due to the Law of the Sea convention, which has resulted in a 200 nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZs).

As well as traditional security threats to maritime security, there has also emerged a range of non-traditional threat, such as those emanating from piracy and international terrorism that spill over into the maritime domain. Events such as September 11th, and the designation of Southeast Asia as a 'second front' in the war against terrorism, have resulted in the growing realization that multilateral security cooperation is required in order to better manage emerging security threats.

Expert contributors to this book identify the nature of the maritime security problem and critically evaluate the various responses with an eye to improving the management of prevailing and emerging security threats. This book will be an invaluable resource to academics, policy analysts, legislators and students interested in security issues in Southeast Asia.

About the Author

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.