TY  - BOOK
AU  - MUHIBAT Shafiah Fifi
TI  - Competing to secure the Straits of Malacca and Singapore
PY  - 2007///
KW  - MALACCA STRAIT
KW  - MARITIME TRADE SECURITY
KW  - SOUTHEAST ASIA
KW  - PIRACY
N2  - Some 50,000 ship transits occur each year through the Straits of Malacca and Singapore accounting for a third of global trade and two thirds of LNG trade. This volume of shipping attracts criminal interest in the form of pirates and piracy and may attract terrorists. The littoral states would ordinarily expect to ensure the security of vessels, their crews, and cargoes, but a lack of capability has resulted in the rise of private security companies. This paper gives an Indonesian perspective on the matter, considers the effectiveness of the Malsindo cooperative arrangement, describes government reactions to private company initiatives, and notes that if Indonesia had the resources to ensure maritime security there would be no need for PSCs
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