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Global challenges in maritime security : an introduction / edited by Lisa Otto.

Contributor(s): Otto, Lisa, 1988 or 1989- [editor].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications: Publisher: Cham, Switzerland : Springer, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: xvi, 243 pages : illustrations, 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9783030346294 (hardback); 3030346293 (hardback); 9783030346324 (paperback); 3030346323 (paperback).Subject(s): Political science | Security, International | Law of the sea | International law | Politics and warDDC classification: 341.45
Contents:
Introducing maritime security : the sea as a geostrategic space -- Oceans and blue economies -- Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a maritime security concern --Smuggling and trafficking of illicit goods by sea -- Migration, seafarers and the humanitarian-security-economic regimes complex at sea -- Maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea -- Maritime boundaries and maritime security -- Cybersecurity at sea -- Maritime terrorism -- Port security -- Successes and struggles of multilateralism: African maritime security and strategy -- Role of navies in the contemporary era -- Non-state actors in the maritime domain : non-state responses to maritime security challenges -- Connecting the dots : implications of the intertwined global challenges to maritime security.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes Barcode
General lending MTU National Maritime College of Ireland Library Lending 341.45 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available NMCI Module MARI 9001 - Core reading. 00220897
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

From pirates to smugglers, migrants to hackers, from stolen fish to smuggled drugs, the sea is becoming a place of increasing importance on the global agenda as criminals use it as a theatre to conduct their crimes unfettered. This volume sets out to provide an introduction to the key issues of pertinence in Maritime Security today. It demonstrates why the sea is a space of great strategic importance, and how threats to security at sea have a real impact for people around the world. It examines an array of challenges and threats to security playing out at sea, including illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, irregular migration, piracy, smuggling of illicit goods, and cyber security, while also looking at some of the mechanism and role-players involved in addressing these perils. Each chapter provides an overview of the issue it discusses and provides a brief case study to illustrate how this issue is playing out in real-life. This book thus allows readers an insight into this evolving multidisciplinary field of study. As such, it makes for an informative read for academics and practitioners alike, as well as policymakers and students, offering a well-rounded introduction of the main issues in current Maritime Security.

Introducing maritime security : the sea as a geostrategic space -- Oceans and blue economies -- Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing as a maritime security concern --Smuggling and trafficking of illicit goods by sea -- Migration, seafarers and the humanitarian-security-economic regimes complex at sea -- Maritime piracy and armed robbery at sea -- Maritime boundaries and maritime security -- Cybersecurity at sea -- Maritime terrorism -- Port security -- Successes and struggles of multilateralism: African maritime security and strategy -- Role of navies in the contemporary era -- Non-state actors in the maritime domain : non-state responses to maritime security challenges -- Connecting the dots : implications of the intertwined global challenges to maritime security.

NMCI Module MARI 9001 - Core reading.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Lisa Otto gained her PhD in Political Studies from the University of Johannesburg in 2016 and holds a MA in International Peace and Security from King's College London's War Studies Department. Presently working as a Senior Researcher / Lecturer at the NRF-SARChI Chair in African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg, Lisa was previously employed at Coventry University, where she was responsible for teaching on the world's only MA specifically in Maritime Security. She has worked in think tanks and political risk institutions. Otto has specialised in issues affecting Africa, particularly those related to conflict, security and foreign affairs. Her research interests have largely revolved around non-traditional threats to security, where she has developed specific expertise in the emerging field of Maritime Security.