The Growing Prospects for Maritime Security Cooperation in Southeast Asia

摘要: The sea dominates Southeast Asia, covering roughly 80 percent of its area. region’s islands and peninsulas, wedged between the Pacific Indian oceans, border major arteries communication commerce. Thus economic political affairs Asia have been dominated by sea. In premodern period, ports such as Svirijaya Malacca established empires based upon power in area waters. succeeding centuries European warships their heavy guns were keys to colonization. Today more than half world’s annual merchant tonnage traverses Asian waters; oceans seas yield vast revenues industries fishing, hydrocarbon extraction, tourism. fact, 60 Asians today live or rely economically on maritime zones. However, is also source a variety dangers that not only menace prosperity local populations but directly threaten security states. Those include territorial dis