Coast guards and maritime piracy: Sailing past the impediments to cooperation in Asia

Pacific Review

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 667-689

  He, Ruijie ^a  

^a Singapore Army   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Coast guard; International cooperation; Maritime piracy

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INTERNATIONAL LAW; LAW ENFORCEMENT; LAW OF THE SEA; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; PIRACY; REGIONAL SECURITY; SOVEREIGNTY;

PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC RIM;

EID: 77649101045     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512740903329756     Document Type: Article

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