Title: Maritime change :
Authors: Babbage, Ross,; Bateman, W. S. G.; Australia.; Australian Defence Industries Ltd.
Date: 1993
Publisher: Allen & Unwin in association with the Royal Australian Navy and Australian Defence Industries,
Physical description: xxi, 192 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language: English
LC classification: V
Abstract: The maritime environment in the Asia-Pacific region has been changing rapidly. Maritime Change: Issues for Asia examines the changes that have occurred and addresses the implications. Its central theme is the scope for closer regional cooperation on maritime issues in the Asia-Pacific region. Internationally recognised maritime specialists explore the likely impact on the regional maritime environment of the demise of the Soviet Union; the changing roles of external and regional powers; the potential for maritime arms control; the approach by regional countries to law of the sea issues; the prospects for peaceful resolution of the conflicting territorial claims in the South China Sea; and the patterns of shipping likely to develop during the 1990s and beyond. These are all issues of concern for the security and prosperity of Australia and the other nations of the region. In the second half of the book, senior naval officers and national security specialists from regional countries provide invaluable perspectives on the maritime priorities of key countries within the region.
Contents: 1. The maritime agenda / Ken Harris -- 2. The changing global strategic environment / Ross Babbage -- 3. Changing superpower maritime roles / R.J. Kelly -- 4. Maritime arms control in the Asia-Pacific region / J.R. Hill -- 5. Current law of the sea issues / Ivan Shearer -- 6. The changing patterns of commercial shipping and port concentration in Asia / Ross Robinson -- 7. The potential for seabed resource development / Hugh Morgan -- 8. Conflicting maritime claims in the South China Sea: the scope for resolution / B.A. Hamzah -- 9. The maritime priorities of Indonesia / I.G. Artjana -- 10. The maritime priorities of Malaysia / J.N. Mak -- 11. The maritime priorities of Singapore / Kwek Siew Jin -- 12. The maritime priorities of the Philippines / M.J. Dumancas -- 13. The maritime priorities of Japan / S. Kondo -- 14. The maritime priorities of India / A.R. Tandon -- 15. The maritime priorities of Pakistan / S. Iqtidar Husain -- 16. The maritime priorities of New Zealand / I.A. Hunter. 17. Prospects for the 1990s / I.D.G. MacDougall.
Notes: Papers from a conference held in Sydney, Nov. 21-22, 1991.
Subject headings (LCSH): Asia--Strategic aspects--Congresses.; Naval strategy--Congresses.; Pacific Area--Strategic aspects--Congresses.; Sea-power--Asia--Congresses.; Sea-power--Asia.; Sea-power--Pacific Area--Congresses.; Sea-power--Pacific Area.