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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ASEAN Conceptualizations of Maritime Security
Commentary — December 1, 2021
Thailand’s Conceptualizations of Maritime Security
Commentary — December 1, 2021
Malaysia’s Conceptualization of Maritime Security
Commentary — November 23, 2021
Indonesia’s Conceptualizations of Maritime Security
Commentary — November 23, 2021
Brunei Darussalam’s Conceptualizations of Maritime Security
Commentary — November 23, 2021
Pulling Back the Curtain on China’s Maritime Militia
Report by Gregory B. Poling , Harrison Prétat , Tabitha Grace Mallory , and Center for Advanced Defense Studies — November 18, 2021
Nervous Energy: China Targets New Indonesian, Malaysian Drilling
Commentary — November 12, 2021
Vietnam’s Conceptualizations of Maritime Security
Commentary — November 4, 2021
The Philippines’ Conceptualization of Maritime Security
Commentary — November 4, 2021
Evolving Conceptualizations of Maritime Security in Southeast Asia
Commentary — November 4, 2021