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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 21 | Handbook for Designing and Implementing Maritime Security Capacity-Building Activities in the Indo-Pacific by Annette Bradford, @DrScottEdwards and @MarSec_Bradford.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 20 | Human Trafficking at Sea: From a "3-P's" to a "3-R's" Framework by Sallie Yea.
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The Blue Security Program welcomed it’s 2026 Maritime Fellows to workshop their research project ideas in Kuala Lumpur this week.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 19 | Small Power Maritime Statecraft: Comparing Singapore, Brunei and Timor-Leste’s Approaches to Southeast Asia’s Maritime Order by @becstrating & @Chulaneejk.
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Opportunity Alert: The search is on for the next cohort of the Blue Security Fellowship 2026. We are seeking expressions of interest from early-career researchers who demonstrate strong research skills and an interest in maritime security issues in the Indo-Pacific.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 18 | Ensuring Cybersecurity in Ports for Major Port States in Southeast Asia by @mon_suwai and Vu Hai Dang.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 17 | Cooperation Mechanisms for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) in Maritime Southeast Asia by @thu_nguyen2010.
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This week we convened the Maritime Early Career Research Workshop which bought together talented emerging researchers from Southeast Asia to Canberra for research presentations, discussions & tabletop exercise. Thank you to our Australian & Malaysian academics for their guidance.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 16 | Securing the Blue Energy Future: Offshore Wind and the Protection of Critical Infrastructure at Sea in Southeast Asia and Australia by Dawoon Jung, Febryani Sabatira and Camille Goodman.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 15 | Maritime Security and the Blue Economy in Southeast Asia: Linkages, Impacts and Prospects by @FathomsOne & Lucky Wuwung.
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The recording of our 'Maritime Indonesia: Issues of Navigation and a Rules-based Maritime Order' webinar is now live! Thank you to our speakers: @MarSec_Bradford @Chulaneejk @mhdarifanwar @aristioo @DrTLeeBrown 🔗Watch now: piped.video/aTrPrL4YcpY?si=xifm…
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One Week Away! | Maritime #Indonesia: Issues of Navigation and a Rules-based Maritime Order🌊 Explore #Maritime Affairs Issues 13 and 14 on Tuesday 19 August – register now! @MarSec_Bradford @aristioo @Chulaneejk @mhdarifanwar 5:30pm AEST | 3:30pm SGT latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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One Week Away! | Maritime #Indonesia: Issues of Navigation and a Rules-based Maritime Order🌊 Explore #Maritime Affairs Issues 13 and 14 on Tuesday 19 August – register now! 5:30pm AEST | 3:30pm SGT latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi… @MarSec_Bradford @aristioo @Chulaneejk @mhdarifanwar
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Maritime #Indonesia: Issues of Navigation and a Rules-based Maritime Order Join us for a panel that will unpack #Maritime Affairs Issues 13 and 14 on Tuesday 19 August - not to be missed! Time: 5:30 – 6:30pm AEST | 3:30pm SGT @Chulaneejk @MarSec_Bradford @aristioo @mhdarifanwar
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Maritime #Indonesia: Issues of Navigation and a Rules-based Maritime Order Join us for an online panel that will unpack #Maritime Affairs Issues 13 and 14 on Tuesday 19 August. @MarSec_Bradford @aristioo @mhdarifanwar Time: 5:30 – 6:30pm AEST Register: latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 14 | Strategic culture and Indonesian approach to maritime “rules-based order” by Muhamad Arif.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 13 | Avoiding “Navigation” as an Issue that Shipwrecks Indonesia’s Relationships with the Status Quo Sea Powers by @MarSec_Bradford & @aristioo.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 12 | Making History, Making Archipelagos: A Parallel South China Sea Dispute by @alexpdelacruz looks at the relationship between the LOS Convention and the construction of historical narratives to support maritime claims.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 11 | Securing Our Data: Subsea Cables and Maritime Security in Southeast Asia by @CynthiaMehboob & @fitbintim. latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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Marine Environmental Security: Perspectives from International Law and the Blue Economy. @DrSarahLothian, Jacqueline Espenilla, @asmiatimalik and @alexpdelacruz on their Blue Security research & developments in marine environment protection & Blue Economy piped.video/watch?v=P4FF9jYs…
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Happening today | Join us online to explore marine environmental security, Blue Security research & the latest in marine protection and the Blue Economy with @DrSarahLothian, Jacqueline Joyce Espenilla, @asmiatimalik and @alexpdelacruz. Register now latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Join us online to explore marine environmental security, Blue Security research & the latest in marine protection and the Blue Economy with @DrSarahLothian, Jacqueline Joyce Espenilla, @asmiatimalik and @alexpdelacruz. Register now latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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The authors consider how the BBNJ’s modalities and cooperative mechanisms and tools could bring unprecedented benefits and opportunities, but also implementation challenges to Indonesia and the Philippines individually, and more broadly to the Southeast Asia region as a whole.
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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 10 | Capacity-building under the BBNJ Agreement: Benefits, Opportunities and Implementation Challenges for Southeast Asia by @DrSarahLothian, Zaki Mubarok, @dudyamri and Jacqueline Joyce Espenilla latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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OUT NOW Blue Security Issue 9 | Don’t Shoot the Messenger: Perception & misperception in the South China Sea by Blue Security Fellow Nell Bennett. Read it now latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets….
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OUT NOW Blue Security Issue 8 | Creating and Implementing Effective Marine and Blue Economy Policies by @asmiatimalik and @b_arifin. Read it now latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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ICYMI last week we released our report from the ASEAN-Australia Special Summit Maritime Cooperation Forum Report. This report provides a summary of key issues & recommendations from the Conference. Read it now latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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Taking a holistic view of maritime security, exploring both traditional and non-traditional security issues, the Forum aimed to “generate new solutions to maritime challenges”. You can read the policy recommendations now at tinyurl.com/37ef85h9
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This report provides a summary of the key issues discussed during the Maritime Conference. Partnering with the Blue Security Program, the Australian Government brought together nearly 200 maritime experts from ASEAN members states, Timor-Leste and Australia for the Conference.
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ASEAN-Australia Special Summit Maritime Cooperation Forum Report. In March 2024 Blue Security co-delivered the Maritime Cooperation Forum at the ASEAN-Aust Special Summit. This report provides a summary of key issues & recommendations from the Conference tinyurl.com/37ef85h9
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This analysis draws from the latest Blue Security Maritime Affairs issue 'The use of ‘Lawfare’ in the South China Sea Disputes: Views from the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia' by Leonardo Bernard, Lowell Bautista, Jane Chan and Nguyen Thi Lan Anh latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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OUT NOW | Blue Security Issue 7. The use of ‘Lawfare’ in the South China Sea Disputes: Views from the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia by Leonardo Bernard, Lowell Bautista, Jane Chan and Nguyen Thi Lan Anh. latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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Assessing Southeast Asia’s Maritime Governance Capacity, by Featuring @becstrating @MarSec_Bradford @thu_nguyen2010 @ChansambathBong @TangguhChairil @IvyGanadillo, Tangguh Chairil, Fikry A. Rahman, Xian Hong Say, Tita Sanglee latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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Fair Winds and Fair Winds and Following Seas: Maritime Security & Hedging in the South China Sea by @hmarston4 @BicTranVn Elina Noor and @RichHeydarian latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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Our final Fellowship presentation is from @mhdarifanwar unpacks Indonesia’s reluctance to extensively use the term ‘rules based order’
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Su Wai Mon presents on “Ensuring Cybersecurity in Maritime Ports: Recommendations for Major Port Countries in Southeast Asia”
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Looking at cooperation mechanisms for Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief @ththe_nguyen2010 compares multilateral and mini maternal responses to maritime disasters in Southeast Asia
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Our next presentation is from Nell Bennett on US FONOPs in the South China Sea and how they’re percieved by regional states. Specifically, looking at the way states perceive strategic communications
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The first Fellowship presentation is from @alexpdelacruz on “The question of ‘whose history’ in archipelagic formation and why it matters”
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Today we’re at @DLSUManila where our Blue Security 2024 Fellows are presenting their initial research findings & implications for international law. We opened the day a careers workshop from our academic excerpts @becstrating @charmwilloughby @djag2 @DrTLeeBrown
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Our next session is on maritime security with @becstrating and @charmwilloughby
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We’re in Manila this week for our early career researcher workshop on International Law. First off, key issues in international law with @djag2 and @JayBatongbacal
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Thank you to those who joined us for the launch of 'Coordinating for maritime security: Southeast Asia’s evolving institutions' with @DrScottEdwards @dharmaagastia @amparopamela & Kasira Cheeppensook. You can view the event with @ycapsjapan on YouTube now piped.video/-MdpwK5lYU8
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Join us today 1pm AEDT/11am SGT for the launch of 'Coordinating for maritime security: Southeast Asia’s evolving institutions' with @DrScottEdwards, @dharmaagastia, @amparopamela & Kasira Cheeppensook in collaboration with @ycapsjapan. Register on zoom at latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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In collaboration with @ycapsjapan, we’ll be hosting an online launch event tomorrow with authors @DrScottEdwards, @dharmaagastia, @amparopamela and Kasira Cheeppensook. To register visit latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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The paper provides a comprehensive & comparative mapping of 🇮🇩Maritime Security Agency, 🇹🇭Maritime Enforcement Command Centre &🇵🇭National Coast Watch Centre. It explores the implications of their structures for mar sec governance, identifying practices & obstacles to coordination
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OUT NOW | Blue Security Issue 6. Coordinating for maritime security: Southeast Asia’s evolving institutions by @DrScottEdwards, @dharmaagastia, @amparopamela and Kasira Cheeppensook @ycapsjapan. Read it now at latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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Next week we're launching the sixth issue of our Maritime Affairs Series. In collaboration with @ycapsjapan we'll be hosting an online event with authors @DrScottEdwards, @dharmaagastia, @amparopamela and Kasira Cheeppensook. To register visit latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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Issue 5 Blue Security Maritime Affairs series: Assessing Southeast Asia's Maritime Governance Capacity. Featuring @becstrating @MarSec_Bradford @thu_nguyen2010 @ChansambathBong @TangguhChairil @IvyGanadillo, Fikry A. Rahman, Xian Hong Say, Tita Sanglee. latrobe.edu.au/__data/assets…
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Thank you to those who attended the launch of our Maritime Affairs publication 'Assessing Southeast Asia’s Maritime Governance Priorities'. Joining us to discuss their papers was @thu_nguyen2010 @IvyGanadillo and Fikry A. Rahman, moderated by @kateclaytn piped.video/LmuhrlzdeEw
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Happening tomorrow 11am AEDT/9am SGT | The launch of the fifth issue of Maritime Affairs with @IvyGanadillo @thu_nguyen2010 and Fikry A. Raham. They discuss their papers on Assessing Southeast Asia's Maritime Governance Capacity. Register via zoom at latrobe.zoom.us/webinar/regi…
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