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Subject
Piracy attacks in South-east Asia.
Significance
An incident of kidnapping for ransom in the Sulu Sea last week and a series of attacks on shipping in the Singapore Strait last month have refocused attention on the persistent problem of piracy in South-east Asia. The safe passage of shipping through the region’s waterways is crucial to global trade.
Impacts
South-east Asian states will respond to piracy outside the framework of ASEAN.
The United States and Japan will take the lead in providing capacity-building support for regional coast guards and navies.
Piracy in the region is unlikely to become conflated with the South China Sea dispute.
Keywords:
South-east Asia,
AP,
Indonesia,
Malaysia,
Philippines,
Singapore,
Thailand,
international relations,
crime,
government,
military,
police,
security,
shipping,
terrorism,
corruption
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2020
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