A peaceful ocean? maritime security in the Pacific in the Post-Cold War Era (Record no. 8250)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 1863735933 (pbk.)
100 #1 - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name MACK Andrew (ed)
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title A peaceful ocean? maritime security in the Pacific in the Post-Cold War Era
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. St. Leonards, NSW:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Allen & Unwin Australia Pty Ltd,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1993
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Extent 215p.
440 ## - SERIES STATEMENT/ADDED ENTRY--TITLE
Title Studies in world affairs
Volume/sequential designation No. 4
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Maritime issues dominate the security agenda in the Pacific in the 1990s. A large number of the key states in the region are islands, archipelagoes or peninsulas. Seaborne trade is growing rapidly and is of critical importance to almost all regional states. In the past decade the spread of 200 mile exclusive economic zones throughout the region has created new missions for regional navies. In part for this reason, regional maritime forces are being modernised and expanded as defence budgets rise. Some analysts talk of a regional arms race; others prefer the less emotive term of 'arms build-up'. All agree that the region's strategic future is uncertain. The central theme of this volume is the enhancement of maritime security in the Asia-Pacific. 'Spontaneous' naval arms control - the budget-driven reductions in American and Russian naval forces - and the debate within the region for and against naval arms control and confidence-building regimes are among the issues discussed. Maritime confidence-building measures, like the 1972 US-USSR 'Incidents at Sea Agreement' and the 1989 Prevention of Dangerous Military Activities agreement, are analysed in detail and their applicability to the region is considered. The major part of the book is taken up with analyses of the maritime security policies of regional states - China, Japan, Russia, the US, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia. The question of naval cooperation as a means of enhancing regional security is examined and re-examined throughout the study. Most authors are cautiously optimistic that progress can be achieved.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element MARITIME
Geographic subdivision ASIA PACIFIC
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    Dewey Decimal Classification     Mindef Library & Info Centre Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf 05/03/1998 1 359.03091823 MAC 0002701 18/08/2022 1 03/01/2024 Book