Maritime Security in East and Southeast Asia : Political Challenges in Asian Waters

This volume investigates the nature of threats facing, or perceived as facing, some of the key players involved in Asian maritime politics. The articles in this collection present case studies on Malaysia, Singapore, the Philippines, Thailand, Japan, China, and Southeast Asia as a whole and focus on domestic definitions of threats and conceptualisations of security. These studies map the differing understandings of danger in this region and explore how contending narratives of "threats" and "security" affect the national maritime security policy deliberations within the claimant countries of this region. Those interested in maritime security and management in Asia will find this collection an invaluable addition to the literature on this topic.-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-5 Maritime Security and Piracy....Pages 7-21 The Straits of Malacca: Malaysia’s Threat Perception and Strategy for Maritime Security....Pages 23-42 Securitising Piracy and Maritime Terrorism along the Malacca and Singapore Straits: Singapore and the Importance of Facilitating Factors....Pages 43-84 The Challenges of Maritime Security Cooperation in the Straits of Malacca: Another Singapore Perspective....Pages 85-106 The Seas of Our Insecurity: Ordinary versus State Discourses on Maritime and Human Security in the Philippines....Pages 107-124 Japan’s Maritime Security: Continuity and Post-Cold War Evolution....Pages 125-144 Charting Thailand’s Maritime Security Policies from 1932 to 2012: A Liberal International Relations Perspective....Pages 145-205 Sea Power and Maritime Disputes: China’s Internal Discourses....Pages 207-249 Back Matter....Pages 251-255