International Order at Sea ― How It Is Challenged. How It Is Maintained.

Thisbook examines how international order at sea is challenged, changed andmaintained. The book surveys challenges to the internationalorder at sea in the Asia-Pacific, the Indian Ocean Region, the Atlantic Oceanand the Arctic Ocean. It explores theinteraction between and cooperation among leading, emerging and smaller navalpowers, both naval and coastguard responses, required for themaintenance of good order atsea. Six broad and interlinked issues are identified that willinfluence the future international order at sea: the balance between themaritime and the continental domains; the balance between great power rivalryand cooperation; the contest between access and denial; the operational balancebetween preparing; building and training for warfighting as opposed tooperations other than war; how to manage ‘disorder’ security challenges thatvery often transcends territorial waters and national boundaries, and finally,the balance between safeguarding national interests and contributing tocollective efforts preserving the international order at sea.

Jo Inge Bekkevoldis Head of the Centre for Asian Security Studies at the Norwegian Institute forDefence Studies. With Robert S. Ross, he recently edited China in the Era ofXi Jinping: Domestic and Foreign Policy Challenges, 2016. Bekkevold is aformer Norwegian diplomat who served in Hanoi and Beijing.

Geoffrey Till is Professor Emeritus ofMaritime Studies and Chairman of Corbett Centre for Maritime Policy Studies atKing’s College London, UK. Since 2009 he has also been a Visiting Professor at theRajaratnam School of International Studies, Singapore. He is the author of Seapower:A Guide for the 21^st Century, 2013.