The seas divide geopolitics and maritime issues in Southeast Asia

[The book] addresses an array of maritime security concerns currently affecting the Southeast Asia region. Maritime security is threatened not only by the presence of sizeable navies but border and territorial issues as well. As such, pressure on the need for better military intelligence is on the i...

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Corporate Authors: Workshop on Bajau Laut Music and Dance, International Seminar on Maritime Culture and Geopolitics
Other Authors: Sidhu, Jatswan S. 1962- (Editor), Balakrishnan, K. S. (Editor)
Format: Conference Proceeding Book
Language:English
Published: Kuala Lumpur Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya 2008
Series:Monograph series (Universiti Malaya. Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences) 5
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Trends in maritime security and geopolitics in Southeast Asia
  • Maritime Security and Geopolitics
  • Developments in maritime law and its implications to security and geopolitics
  • Geopolitics of overlapping maritime boundaries in Southeast Asia
  • Maritime security in Southeast Asia : Malaysia's concern
  • Green berets, jihadis and globalised gun runners: trafficking and counter-trafficking in the Sulu arms market
  • Territorial Disputes
  • The ICJ gives, it takes and it waivers
  • The Pedra Branca / Pulau Batu Puteh case at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) : some observations
  • A comparative analysis on territorial disputes : the case of Ligitan-Sipadan and Pedra Branca / Pulau Batu Puteh
  • Sea Lanes, Navigational Issues and Enviromental Concerns
  • Safety of navigation in the Straits of Malacca
  • Singapore's perspective on maritime security
  • Environmental and navigational safety cooperation in the Malacca and Singapore Straits : debating the Japanese proposal