
Blue Security in the Indo-Pacific
Routledge (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 14. November 2024
Book
Hardback
214 pages
978-1-032-69289-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book advances a holistic conceptualisation of maritime security, under the term 'Blue Security', and situates it in states across the Indo-Pacific.
The Indo-Pacific encompasses a vast space, incorporating two of the planet's biggest oceans, the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, as well as littoral and hinterland states home to half the world's population. Security challenges abound across the maritime Indo-Pacific, ranging from the risk of inter-state war at sea to so-called blue crimes, like piracy, smuggling, and illegal fishing. Climate change and marine pollution, as well as the over-exploitation of scarce and sometimes fragile resources, also pose threats to human security, sustainability, and biodiversity. Using the concept of 'Blue Security', this book assesses these various challenges and analyses the approaches to their management used by Indo-Pacific states. It argues that we should embrace a holistic understanding of maritime security, incorporating national, regional, international, human, and environmental dimensions. To that end, it explores the Blue Security strategies of 18 Indo-Pacific states, examining their changing perceptions of threat, their approaches to managing those challenges, and their capabilities. The volume makes an innovative contribution to our knowledge of a region crucial to global security and prosperity.
This book will be of interest to students of maritime strategy, security studies, Asian politics and International Relations.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
The Indo-Pacific encompasses a vast space, incorporating two of the planet's biggest oceans, the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean, as well as littoral and hinterland states home to half the world's population. Security challenges abound across the maritime Indo-Pacific, ranging from the risk of inter-state war at sea to so-called blue crimes, like piracy, smuggling, and illegal fishing. Climate change and marine pollution, as well as the over-exploitation of scarce and sometimes fragile resources, also pose threats to human security, sustainability, and biodiversity. Using the concept of 'Blue Security', this book assesses these various challenges and analyses the approaches to their management used by Indo-Pacific states. It argues that we should embrace a holistic understanding of maritime security, incorporating national, regional, international, human, and environmental dimensions. To that end, it explores the Blue Security strategies of 18 Indo-Pacific states, examining their changing perceptions of threat, their approaches to managing those challenges, and their capabilities. The volume makes an innovative contribution to our knowledge of a region crucial to global security and prosperity.
This book will be of interest to students of maritime strategy, security studies, Asian politics and International Relations.
The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional Reference, and Undergraduate Advanced
Illustrations
19 s/w Tabellen
19 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-032-69289-0 (9781032692890)
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Ian Hall | Troy Lee-Brown | Rebecca Strating
Blue Security in the Indo-Pacific
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approx. 07/2026
1st Edition
Routledge
€57.50
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Persons
Ian Hall is a Professor of International Relations at Griffith University, Queensland, Australia.
Troy Lee-Brown is a Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia's Defence and Security Institute, Australia.
Rebecca Strating is the Director of La Trobe Asia and a Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Troy Lee-Brown is a Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia's Defence and Security Institute, Australia.
Rebecca Strating is the Director of La Trobe Asia and a Professor of International Relations at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Content
1 Introduction: Blue Security in the Indo-Pacific 2 Australia 3 Bangladesh 4 China 5 Fiji 6 France 7 India 8 Indonesia 9 Japan 10 Malaysia 11 New Zealand 12 The Philippines 13 Papua New Guinea 14 Singapore 15 South Korea 16 Sri Lanka 17 Thailand 18 United States 19 Vietnam Appendix: Data tables: Maritime Strength and Security