Kwa Chong Guan is Head of External Programs at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Co-Chair of Singapore's National Committee of the Council for Security Co-operation in the Asia Pacific. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the History Department of the National University of Singapore.John K. Skogan is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. His fields of research and publication include strategic affairs and arms control, and cover more specifically also naval matters in a North Atlantic context.

• Introduction 1. Southeast-Asian SLOCs and Security Options 2. Re-Thinking the Safety of Navigation in the Malacca Straits Challenges 3. The Importance and Security of Regional Sea Lanes 4. The Regional Dimension of Territorial and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia: Actors, Disagreements and Dynamics 5. Maritime Disputes in the South China Sea: Strategic and Diplomatic Status Quo 6. Piracy in the Waters of Southeast Asia 7. Maritime Terrorist Threat in Southeast Asia Responses 8. Building Good Order at Sea in Southeast Asia: The Promise of International Regimes 9. Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage in Southeast Asia: Developments and Uncertainties 10. The US Regional Maritime Security Initiative and US Grand Strategy in Southeast Asia 11. Satellite-Based Tracking of Ships as Global Crime Control: ISPS Code, AIS, SSAS and LRIT 12. Flags of Convenience as a Complicating Factor in Combating Crime at Sea Comments and Reflections 13. Terrorism at Sea: Combating What - and How? 14. Reflections on the Changing Maritime Security Environment Afterword 15. The Important Role of Shipping: Challenges Ahead

Kwa Chong Guan is Head of External Programs at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Co-Chair of Singapore's National Committee of the Council for Security Co-operation in the Asia Pacific. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the History Department of the National University of Singapore.John K. Skogan is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. His fields of research and publication include strategic affairs and arms control, and cover more specifically also naval matters in a North Atlantic context.

• Introduction 1. Southeast-Asian SLOCs and Security Options 2. Re-Thinking the Safety of Navigation in the Malacca Straits Challenges 3. The Importance and Security of Regional Sea Lanes 4. The Regional Dimension of Territorial and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia: Actors, Disagreements and Dynamics 5. Maritime Disputes in the South China Sea: Strategic and Diplomatic Status Quo 6. Piracy in the Waters of Southeast Asia 7. Maritime Terrorist Threat in Southeast Asia Responses 8. Building Good Order at Sea in Southeast Asia: The Promise of International Regimes 9. Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage in Southeast Asia: Developments and Uncertainties 10. The US Regional Maritime Security Initiative and US Grand Strategy in Southeast Asia 11. Satellite-Based Tracking of Ships as Global Crime Control: ISPS Code, AIS, SSAS and LRIT 12. Flags of Convenience as a Complicating Factor in Combating Crime at Sea Comments and Reflections 13. Terrorism at Sea: Combating What - and How? 14. Reflections on the Changing Maritime Security Environment Afterword 15. The Important Role of Shipping: Challenges Ahead

Kwa Chong Guan is Head of External Programs at the Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, and Co-Chair of Singapore's National Committee of the Council for Security Co-operation in the Asia Pacific. He is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the History Department of the National University of Singapore.John K. Skogan is Senior Researcher at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. His fields of research and publication include strategic affairs and arms control, and cover more specifically also naval matters in a North Atlantic context.

• Introduction 1. Southeast-Asian SLOCs and Security Options 2. Re-Thinking the Safety of Navigation in the Malacca Straits Challenges 3. The Importance and Security of Regional Sea Lanes 4. The Regional Dimension of Territorial and Maritime Disputes in Southeast Asia: Actors, Disagreements and Dynamics 5. Maritime Disputes in the South China Sea: Strategic and Diplomatic Status Quo 6. Piracy in the Waters of Southeast Asia 7. Maritime Terrorist Threat in Southeast Asia Responses 8. Building Good Order at Sea in Southeast Asia: The Promise of International Regimes 9. Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage in Southeast Asia: Developments and Uncertainties 10. The US Regional Maritime Security Initiative and US Grand Strategy in Southeast Asia 11. Satellite-Based Tracking of Ships as Global Crime Control: ISPS Code, AIS, SSAS and LRIT 12. Flags of Convenience as a Complicating Factor in Combating Crime at Sea Comments and Reflections 13. Terrorism at Sea: Combating What - and How? 14. Reflections on the Changing Maritime Security Environment Afterword 15. The Important Role of Shipping: Challenges Ahead