Maritime security in the South China Sea
Subtitle: regional implications and international cooperation
By: by Shicun Wu and Keyuan Zou.
Contributors: Zou, Keyuan.
Series: Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy studies series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780754677277; 9780754694434
Subjects: Maritime terrorism -- South China Sea -- Prevention -- International cooperation; National security -- South China Sea -- International cooperation; South China Sea -- Navigation -- Safety measures -- International cooperation
Description: "Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China. The adjacent countries have rendered overlapping territorial and/or maritime claims in the South China Sea which complicate the situation of maintaining maritime security and developing regional cooperation there. This book focuses on contemporary maritime security in the South China Sea as well as its connected sea area, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. It identifies and examines selected security issues concerning the safety of navigation, crackdown on transnational crimes including sea piracy and maritime terrorism, and conflict prevention and resolution. In the context of non-traditional security, issues such as maritime environmental security and search and rescue at sea are included. The book explores ways and means of international cooperation in dealing with these maritime security issues."--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes index.