Regional Maritime Security Outlook

Regional Maritime Security Outlook will explore emerging global maritime issues that are affecting the security and day-to-day activities of all maritime stakeholders. It also seeks to draw lessons out of contemporary development as seen in the Houthi attacks on marine traffic in the Red Sea, and the maritime conflicts of the Russo-Ukrainian War in the Black Sea. The book will draw a wide range of perspectives to analyse and provide a measured take on these emerging issues and development, and how it is being perceived in various regions.

Contents:

• Preface
• About the Editors
• About the Contributors
• Introduction: Global Maritime Security (Kumar Ramakrishna)
• The Global Context:
  • Conflict in the Red and Black Seas: Naval Development and the Politics of Identity (Geoffrey Till)
  • The AI Wave in Defence Innovation: Implications for Modern Navies (Michael Raska)
  • Lessons from the Battle for the Black Sea: Missing the Woods for the Trees (Sidharth Kaushal)
  • External Players: Europe and the United Kingdom (Nick Childs and Jonathan Bentham)
• Southeast Asian Perspectives:
  • Innovations in Maritime Warfare in the Russia–Ukraine War and Hamas–Israel Wars: Lessons for Southeast Asia (Justin V Hastings)
  • Confronting China's Maritime Expansion in the South China Sea: The Emergence of the Philippines' Comprehensive Archipelagic Defence Concept (Renato Cruz de Castro)
  • More Archipelagic than Maritime: Indonesia's 'Global Maritime Fulcrum' During and After the Jokowi Presidency (Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto)
  • The Changing Shape of Maritime Contestations in the South China Sea (Nguyen Hung Son)
  • The Evolving Struggle Against Maritime Crime in Southeast Asia's Sea Lanes (John F Bradford)
• The Legal Dimension:
  • The Newport Manual and Modern Naval Warfighting (David Letts)
  • The Newport Manual on the Law of Naval Warfare: Status of Unmanned Maritime Systems (Raul 'Pete' Pedrozo)
  • Conclusion (Geoffrey Till)
• Index

Readership: Researchers, practitioners, undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of international relations, security studies and maritime security.