Risk managing maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region

dc.contributor.authorCordner, L.
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractMaritime security in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) has become a paramount consideration; a range of traditional and non-traditional security challenges largely converge at sea. Risk-based processes offer the potential to engage in a positive, constructive and non-confrontational approach that will help to identify collective and cooperative security strategies. Analysing the evolving maritime security risk context provides a powerful tool for understanding common risks and vulnerabilities that affect regional and extra-regional actors with interests in the IOR. This can provide the impetus for diverse actors, primarily states, to cooperate to advance common objectives and protect shared interests without significantly compromising territorial integrity or sovereignty, against a range of risks that no single actor has the ability to mitigate. Commissioning a multinational, multi-disciplinary team of experts to conduct a regional strategic risk assessment, with a specific focus upon maritime security, should be a priority. Maritime security cooperation in the IOR could, if managed astutely and prudently, bind a diverse and largely disaggregated region.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityLee Cordner
dc.identifier.citationJournal of the Indian Ocean Region, 2014; 10(1):46-66
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/19480881.2014.882148
dc.identifier.issn1948-0881
dc.identifier.issn1948-108X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/87811
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis (Routledge)
dc.rights© 2014 Indian Ocean Research Group
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19480881.2014.882148
dc.subjectIndian Ocean; Indian Ocean Region; maritime security; sea lanes of communication; risk management; regional cooperation; international relations; geopolitics
dc.titleRisk managing maritime security in the Indian Ocean Region
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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