Abstract
Since late 2003, the security of shipping in Southeast Asian ports and waters, particularly in the Malacca and Singapore Straits, has emerged as a key concern for countries in and outside the region. Despite growing anxiety over the level of maritime crime in the region, and the potentially devastating impact of maritime terrorism, US proposals for a Regional Maritime Security Initiative (RMSI) have provoked controversy amongst Southeast Asian governments. Nevertheless, discussion of the issue at the IISS ‘Shangri-La Dialogue’, a meeting of defence ministers and the wider national security establishment of the Asia-Pacific region, in Singapore in early June resulted in a degree of consensus on the issue.
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