Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
AMTI aims to promote transparency in the Indo-Pacific to dissuade assertive behavior and conflict and generate opportunities for cooperation and confidence building
The maritime environment in East Asia contains both promise and peril. The Indo-Pacific region is host to some of the world’s most important shipping lanes, facilitates huge volumes of regional trade, and boasts abundant natural resources. Competing territorial claims, incidents between neighboring countries, and increasing militarization, however, raise the possibility that an isolated event at sea could become a geopolitical catastrophe. This is all occurring against a backdrop of relative opaqueness. Geography makes it difficult to monitor events as they occur, and there is no public, reliable authority for information on maritime developments.
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative seeks to change this. AMTI was conceived of and designed by CSIS. It is an interactive, regularly-updated source for information, analysis, and policy exchange on maritime security issues in Asia. AMTI aims to promote transparency in the Indo-Pacific to dissuade assertive behavior and conflict and generate opportunities for cooperation and confidence building. Because AMTI aims to provide an objective platform for exchange, AMTI and CSIS take no position on territorial or maritime claims.
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Cracking Down on Illegal Chinese Fishing in North Korean Waters
Blog Post — September 12, 2022
Online Event: Tenth Annual South China Sea Conference, Session Three
Event — September 14, 2020
Online Event: Tenth Annual South China Sea Conference, Session Two
Event — August 12, 2020
How Significant Is the New U.S. South China Sea Policy?
Critical Questions by Gregory B. Poling — July 14, 2020
Ninth Annual South China Sea Conference
Event — July 24, 2019
Asian Waters: The Struggle Over the South China Sea and the Strategy of Chinese Expansion
Event — June 22, 2018
China’s Maritime Silk Road: Strategic and Economic Implications for the Indo-Pacific Region
Event — April 12, 2018
China’s Maritime Silk Road: Strategic and Economic Implications for the Indo-Pacific Region
Report by Michael J. Green — April 2, 2018
Kyaukpyu: Connecting China to the Indian Ocean
Brief by Gregory B. Poling — April 2, 2018
Asia Forecast 2018
Event — January 24, 2018