A Peaceful Ocean?
Maritime Security in the Asia Pacific
Published on 24. January 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
232 pages
978-1-86373-593-3 (ISBN)
Description
This work discusses "spontaneous" naval arms control - budget-driven reductions in American and Russian naval forces - and debates within the region about naval arms control and confidence-building regimes. The central theme of this work is the enhancement of maritime security in the Asia-Pacific. Maritime confidence-building measures - such as the 1972 US/USSR "Incidents at Sea Agreement" and the 1989 Prevention of Dangerous Military Activities agreement are analyzed in detail and their applicability to the region is considered. The major part of this book is taken up with analyses of maritime security policies of regional states - China, Japan, Russia, the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia. The question of naval co-operation as a means of enhancing regional security is examined and re-examined throughout the study.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
bibliog
Dimensions
Height: 999 mm
Width: 999 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86373-593-3 (9781863735933)
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Content
Confidence-building in the Asia-Pacific region - problems and prospects, Andrew Mack; maritime security and common security, Gwyn Prins; confidence-building measures at sea - an alternative to naval arms control?, Eric Grove; agreements to prevent incidents at sea and dangerous military activities - potential applications in the Asia Pacific region, Sean M. Lynn-Jones; "Spontaneous" naval arms control - Washington's view, William M. Arkin; a US perspective on naval arms control and CSBMs, James A. Winnefeld; a Soviet perspective on naval arms control and CSBMs, Sergei Kortunov; emerging Chinese perspectives on naval arms control and confidence-building measures, Tai Ming Cheung; naval confidence - and security-building measures - a Singaporean perspectives, Kwek Siew Jin; maritime confidence and security-building measures in Southeast Asia - a Malaysian view, Ramly Abu Bakar; the Thai attitude towards naval CSBMs, Kusuma Snitwongse; naval arms control and Japan, Saotoshi Sakonjo; an Australian perspective on maritime CSBMs in the Asia-Pacific region, Desmond Ball and Sam Batman.