PIRACY

KEY TAKE AWAYS

Increased PIRACY within

SE ASIA

Poor Maritime Security Policies

Poor Capacity

Contested Land/Water Disputes

BLUF: Changing Geopolitics Threaten Broad Cooperation, Giving Room to the Pirates Who Hijack

and Kidnap

PIRACY WITHIN SE ASIA

SIGNIFICANCE OF PIRACY• Economic Damage• Increase to Goods and Services (Insurance)

• US Security Interests in SE Asia

40% of World Oil Is Carried Through

Strait of Malcca

Flying over the Strait of Malacca on January 21, 2013.

WAY AHEAD• A united ASEAN would be best suited to fight piracy

• Littoral states of Southeast Asia take the lead• Economically well suited for all of SE Asia

• Training by within the littoral waters for “piracy TTPs”• Coordinated patrol scheme for all interested parties (Malacca Strait)• Philippine, Japan Coast Guards hold anti-piracy exercise in Manila

(pictured - Sep. 2012)

• Continued use of the Integrated Maritime Surveillance System (IMSS)