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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Southeast Asia from Scott Circle: A Tumultuous 2016 in the South China Sea
Newsletter by Gregory B. Poling — February 18, 2016

AMTI Director Gregory Poling on the CogitAsia Podcast
Podcast Episode by Gregory B. Poling — December 15, 2015

An Interview with Gregory Poling on FONOPS, Arbitration, and South China Sea Strategy
Podcast Episode by Gregory B. Poling — November 4, 2015

An Interview with Bonnie Glaser on FONOPs and China’s Reaction
Podcast Episode — November 2, 2015

Chris Johnson Previews Xi Jinping’s Visit
Podcast Episode by Christopher K. Johnson — September 22, 2015

America's Security Role in the South China Sea
Congressional Testimony by Mira Rapp-Hooper — July 23, 2015

China’s Land Reclamation Announcement: A Change in Message, Not in Policy
Critical Questions by Michael J. Green , Christopher K. Johnson , Mira Rapp Hooper , and Ernest Z. Bower — June 16, 2015

Carter Defends the South China Sea at Shangri-La
Report by Michael J. Green , Mira Rapp Hooper , and Ernest Z. Bower — May 29, 2015

Security Dimensions of China’s Relations with Southeast Asia
Congressional Testimony by Bonnie S. Glaser , Murray Hiebert , and Mira Rapp-Hooper — May 13, 2015
