About the Book: Comprehensive Maritime Security in The Indian Ocean Region:
Challenges and Opportunities
The study of Maritime Security should not be limited to State/Military issues
alone. It should be understood more broadly as including Non-State/Non-Military,
Non-Traditional Maritime Security issues as well. This edited book explores
Non-Traditional Maritime Security issues such as Sri Lankas Marine Environment,
Illegal Fishing in South Asia, and Illegal Seaborne Migration from South Asia to
Australia within a Comprehensive Maritime Security approach. Several chapters in
this edited volume emphasize the links between Non-Traditional Maritime Security
and National Interests and Security. The research in this volume point towards a
need to understand Maritime Security