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INTERVIEW: Shipping in maritime Asia is vulnerable to geopolitical tension

  • Jennifer Parker,

Maritime Asia is a major international trade route, but the South China Sea is hotly disputed. What are the possible impacts on shipping of geo-political tensions?

Security, surveillance, protection from maritime crime and piracy in Southeast Asia

  • John F. Bradford,

There are several problematic trends which may give pirates, terrorists and other criminals the opportunity needed to re-emerge as a threat.

INTRODUCTION: Shipping supply chains in Asia are being tested by global crises

  • Dr Troy Lee-Brown & Professor Bec Strating ,

Maritime supply chains are crucial for societies and economies worldwide, but they’re being tested by war, tension in the South China Sea, climate change, a push for decarbonisation and many other issues.

South Korea’s geopolitics: Challenges and strategic choices

  • Professor Moon Chung-in & Sung-won Lee,

It will not be easy for the Yoon government to totally ignore the geopolitical and geoeconomic threats coming from China.

INTRODUCTION: The geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific

  • Professor Timothy J. Lynch and Professor Robert S. Ross,

The war in Ukraine has thrown into relief the prospects for peace in the Indo-Pacific.

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