REGIONAL MARITIME SECURITY OUTLOOK: THE EVOLVING MARITIME ORDER

This book explores the evolving maritime order at a time of intensifying geopolitical rivalry, legal contestation, and technological disruption. Bringing together conceptual, legal, and regional perspectives, the volume examines how power, norms, and governance are being tested by grey-zone coercion, shadow fleet activity, threats to critical underwater infrastructure, and the growing strategic consequences of digital and autonomous technologies at sea. Moving from global debates on order, law, and maritime power to the sharper consequences felt in the Indo-Pacific, the book pays particular attention to Southeast Asia, where ASEAN and regional states face narrowing room for manoeuvre amid South China Sea tensions, Taiwan-related risk, and a more fragmented international environment. Through grounded analyses of both global pressures and regional responses, the volume offers a timely assessment of what a more contested maritime order means for stability, cooperation, and strategic choice at sea.