Introduction -- Maritime Security and Piracy -- The Straits of Malacca: Malaysia's Threat Perception and Strategy for Maritime Security -- Securitising Piracy and Maritime Terrorism along the Malacca and Singapore Straits: Singapore and the Importance of Facilitating Factors -- The Challenges of Maritime Security Cooperation in the Straits of Malacca: Another Singapore Perspective -- The Seas of Our Insecurity: Ordinary versus State Discourses on Maritime and Human Security in the Philippines -- Japan's Maritime Security -- Continuity and Post-Cold War Evolution -- Charting Thailand's Maritime Security Policies from 1932 to 2012: A Liberal International Relations Perspective -- Sea Power and Maritime Disputes: China's Internal Discourses

1. ASEAN
2. national security
3. maritime safety