Strengthening Australia’s maritime cooperation with Indonesia would help both countries counter China’s militarisation of the South China Sea, a leading think tank report has urged. The document – 'Reinforcing Indonesia-Australia…
How can East Asia defuse multiple maritime security risks? Territorial disputes, exacerbated by competition for marine resources and a naval arms race, provide fertile ground for inter-state conflict. But East…
Kenya has moved to establish a special force to man its maritime territories, after President Uhuru Kenyatta this week signed the Coast Guard Bill into law. “The Coast Guard Act…
ZAMBOANGA CITY: Kidnappers of two Indonesian fishermen demanded 4 million Malaysian ringgit in exchange for the safe release of their hostages, believed to have been taken to the southern Philippines,…
On Sunday, Saudi Arabia's navy reported that it had destroyed two remote-controlled, explosives-filled vessels that were targeting the port of Jizan (Jazan). According to Saudi coalition spokesman Col. Turki Al-Maliki,…
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ZAMBOANGA CITY–The Philippine Navy (PN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is conducting a 10-day maritime security activity to enhance the capabilities and readiness of sailors of the two countries in…
LOCAL authorities in Malaysia report the kidnapping of two Indonesian fishermen from a fishing vessel, Dwijaya 1, by suspected Abu Sayyaf militants on 11 September in the province of Sulu,…
Pirates have kidnapped 12 crew members from a Swiss cargo vessel in Nigerian waters. Massoel Shipping said its vessel, MV Glarus, was carrying wheat from Lniagos to Port Harcourt when…
Despite insufficient resources and lack of long term funding mechanisms, Nigeria has signed another agreement with its neighbour to tackle maritime security, BAYO AKOMOLAFE reports Four years after the…
Rear Admiral (Retd) William C. McQuilkin On the eve of the first ever United States – India 2+2 Dialogue, which gathers together the leaders of defense and diplomacy of our…
Delivering the Keynote address at the Shangri-La dialogue of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in Singapore on 1 June 2018, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the first…
Mr. Jakob P. Larsen, Head of Maritime Security at BIMCO, provides an overview of the status of maritime security in the piracy affected areas around the world, citing possible reasons…
