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Asean chief warns on China’s plan

In yet another aggressive move, the Chinese government announced on Thursday that it has given border police the authority to detain and foreign board ships in disputed maritime areas. This move has other Southeastern Asian nations almost literally up in arms. The Association of Southern Asian Nations (ASEAN) has numerous members actively involved in maritime border […]

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China warns on sovereignty

In an escalation of the dispute between Japan and China over the Senkaku Islands, Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Zhijun warned his Japanese counterpart that China will not tolerate violations of its sovereignty. China, which refers to the islands as the Diaoyu Islands, has officially claimed ownership of them since 1972. Chinese and Japanese ministers met due to the increased tensions resulting from […]

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Piracy and Armed Robbery in Asia

Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) has published ‘Patterns and Trends of Situation on Piracy and Armed Robbery Against Ships in Asia for 2011’The scope of this highly interesting and recommended study is as follows. An analysis of: – Overall patterns and trends (2007-2011); – Situation Update […]

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Avoiding Reliance on Marsec Regime

Indonesia, though a reluctant partner in regional maritime security agreements, possesses some of the most strategically important waterways in the world. The straights of Malacca, Sunda and Lombok see nearly 3 times as much oil travel through their waters than the Gulf of Aden and ground pipelines in the Middle East. In 2002, that equated to just […]

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Crew Held in Philippines

The Philippine coastguard announced that it is detaining the entire crew of a logging ship that hit a coral reef in the central Philippines. The “Unicorn Logger” left from Malaysia and was carrying logs to be unloaded in Japan. Reef crashes are a serious problem for archipelago nations in Southeast Asia. Aside from being very damaging to […]

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The Role of ReCAAP

The Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP) is a multinational agreement signed by 16 countries to promote cooperation and information sharing in a collective effort to rid Southeast Asian waters of pirates. After pirate attacks reached a shockingly high level at the end of the 21st century, the […]

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US to help PH gain credible defense

The United States has recently pledged to strengthen the nature of it’s military relationship with the Philippines in order to increase the country’s “minimum credible defense posture.” This move is in support of the Philippines territorial claims to what they know as the West Philippine Sea, but China has aggressively claimed as their own– deeming […]

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Much at Stake

Maritime security in Southeast Asia has recently become one of the foremost areas of geopolitical intrigue and is the breeding ground for several issues that could be potentially explosive in the region. As always, economics and resources play a big factor– recent discovery of enormous gas and oil reserves in the South China Sea has […]

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Maritime security concerns grow

The deputy foreign ministers and other senior foreign ministry officials of several Southeast Asian countries met in the Philippines on Wednesday to try and solve several maritime disputes which have ignited tensions and threaten regional stability. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will host a three-day maritime forum that will focus on maritime security, piracy, […]