Comprehensive Maritime Security in The Indian Ocean Region: Challenges and Opportunities

Contents: 1. Introduction/Jayanath Colombage. 2. Sri Lanka and the Sea: The Environment as a Geopolitical Tool/Sinha Raja Tammita-Delgoda. 3. Maritime Border Protection in Palk Bay and Palk Strait/Lanka Prasada. 4. Fisheries, Livelihood and Security Issues in Palk Bay/R. S. Vasan. 5. Examining the Fisheries Issues at the Maritime Boundary between India–Pakistan and India–Bangladesh/Prabhakaran Paleri. 6. Seaborne Illegal Migration from South Asia to Australia: A Sri Lankan Perspective/Saman Jayawickrama. 7. Illegal Migration from South Asia to Australia: An Analysis of Australia’s Response/Ananda Weerasinghe and Mahinda Attanayake. 8. Conclusion/Sithara Fernando.

The study of Maritime Security should not be limited to State/Military issues alone. It should be understood more broadly as including Non-State/Non-Military, Non-Traditional Maritime Security issues as well. This edited book explores Non-Traditional Maritime Security issues such as Sri Lanka’s Marine Environment, Illegal Fishing in South Asia, and Illegal Seaborne Migration from South Asia to Australia within a Comprehensive Maritime Security approach. Several chapters in this edited volume emphasize the links between Non-Traditional Maritime Security and National Interests and Security. The research in this volume point towards a need to understand Maritime Security comprehensively and holistically.