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Blue Security Publications

Blue Security publishes high quality research on issues of critical maritime security from researchers across the Indo-Pacific.

Blue Security publishes work by authors across the Indo-Pacific analysing maritime issues.

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 12

May 2025

Publications byDr Alex Dela Cruz

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 11

April 2025

Publications byCynthia Mehboob, Dr Fitriani

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 10

January 2025

Publications byDr Sarah Lothian, Dr Zaki Mubarok, Dr Ahmad Almaududy Amri, Jacqueline F. Espenilla

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 9

December 2024

Publications byDr Nell Bennett

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 8

November 2024

Publications byAsmiati Malik, Prof. Bustanul Arifin

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 7

June 2024

Publications byLeonardo Bernard, Jane Chan

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 6

May 2024

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 5

April 2024

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 4

September 2023

Publications byDhiyaul Aulia Huda, Dr Jade Lindley

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 3

August 2023

Publications byHunter Marston, Bich Tran, Elina Noor, Richard Javad Heydarian

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 2

July 2023

Publications byTara Davenport, Maria Pina Benosa

Blue Security: A Maritime Affairs Series - Issue 1

April 2023

Publications byAsia-Pacific Development, Diplomacy & Defence Dialogue

Opinions & Analysis

Securing Southeast Asian waters: Formalising the role of the ASEAN Coast Guard Forum

February 2024

Publications byDr Su Wai Mon, Thu Nguyen Hoang Anh, Jonathan Gabriel Mendoza

Why the Philippines made a dramatic turnaround on the question of archipelagos in the law of the sea

November 2024

Publications byDr Alex Dela Cruz

Has Indonesia fallen into China’s nine-dash line trap?

November 2024

Publications byAristyo Rizka Darmawan

Australia needs a coast guard to fight and win in the grey zone

August 2024

Publications byDr Nell Bennett

Australia–ASEAN maritime cooperation: A focus on the whole risks losing sight of the parts

August 2024

Publications byThu Nguyen Hoang Anh

Second Thomas Shoal and the use of ‘lawfare’ in the South China Sea

August 2024

Publications byLowell Bautista, Leonardo Bernard

Strengthening Australia-ASEAN cooperation in maritime cybersecurity

March 2024

Publications byDr Su Wai Mon

ASEAN maritime security and what next week’s navy exercises mean

September 2023

Publications byTom Barber

Out of the blue: Rising to the challenges of Australia’s maritime security

December 2023

Publications byTom Barber, Grant Wyeth

How ASEAN can win its war against illegal and unregulated fishing

August 2023

Publications byAsmiati Malik

Australia needs an overarching maritime security strategy

August 2023

Publications byTom Barber, Melissa Conley Tyler FAIIA

Why ASEAN nations need to jointly fund their fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing

August 2023

Publications byAsmiati Malik

Challenges to submarine cable connectivity in Southeast Asia and the implications for regional states

July 2023

Publications byJeslyn Tan

The Five Power Defence Arrangements: How to sail past fifty

June 2023

Publications byDavid M. Andrews

Taiwan contingencies and Southeast Asia: Scenarios in the Grey Zone

June 2023

Publications byAndrew Chubb

Vietnam seeks safer maritime security partnerships

May 2023

Publications byMinh Phuong Vu

Tensions in South China Sea continue, but ASEAN successfully resolves maritime disputes

May 2023

Publications byProfessor Bec Strating, Dr Troy Lee-Brown

Survival, success and the sea: The importance of Unclos to Singapore

September 2022

Publications byTara Davenport

Navigating maritime security in the Bay of Bengal

August 2022

Publications byDr Troy Lee-Brown

Philippine-China Relations from Duterte to Marcos

July 2022

Publications byCharmaine Misalucha-Willoughby

Why Asean littoral states should worry about Cambodia's Ream base

July 2022

Publications byBlake Herzinger

Supply Chains at Sea in Maritime Asia

The Straits of Malacca and Singapore

June 2024

Publications byLeonardo Bernard

Maritime boundary disputes in the Celebes Sea

June 2024

Publications byProf. Jay Batonbacal

Maritime boundary diplomacy in the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea has been the key to economic prosperity

June 2024

Publications byDr Tharishini Krishnan

Insights from the COVID-19 pandemic regarding maritime supply chains with a focus on Southeast Asia

June 2024

Publications byJasmine Lam

INTRODUCTION: Shipping supply chains in Asia are being tested by global crises

June 2024

Publications byDr Troy Lee-Brown, Professor Bec Strating

UNCLOS 40th Anniversary Series - Why UNCLOS Matters

UNCLOS: The polestar for Philippine maritime ambitions

November 2022

Publications byJacqueline F. Espenilla

From a rule taker to a rule shaper: The importance of UNCLOS to China

November 2022

Publications byDr Jade Guan

Cooperation, challenges and charms: The UNCLOS for Japan

October 2022

Publications byYurika Ishii

UNCLOS and Thailand: Security, prosperity and sustainability

October 2022

Publications bySomjade Kongrawd

UNCLOS’s relevance to Taiwan amid a raging storm

October 2022

Publications byHuynh Tam Sang

Girt by sea, and by the law of the sea: Why UNCLOS matters to Australia

September 2022

Publications byDr Camille Goodman

After 40 years, UNCLOS remains significant to Vietnam

September 2022

Publications byThu Nguyen Hoang Anh

Survival, success and the sea: The importance of Unclos to Singapore

September 2022

Publications byTara Davenport

UNCLOS and maritime governance: Why it matters to Malaysia

September 2022

Publications byDr Sumathy Permal

Sovereignty, security and prosperity: Indonesia and the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea

August 2022

Publications byAristyo Rizka Darmawan

Books and reports

Maritime Cooperation Forum 2024

March 2024

Blue Security in the Indo-Pacific

November 2024

Books and journals byProfessor Ian Hall, Dr Troy Lee-Brown, Professor Bec Strating