The oceans are essential to global stability, trade, and prosperity. The Centre studies maritime security challenges including piracy, illegal fishing, hybrid threats, cybersecurity, critical maritime infrastructure, and the protection of sea lines of communication. We also promote discussion on international maritime law, ocean governance, sustainable management of marine resources, and the role of international institutions in maintaining security and cooperation at sea.
Bering and the Geography of Tomorrow’s Vulnerability: From Maritime Chokepoints to the Concept of the Latent Chokepoint
Globalisation has transformed the scale of international commerce without abolishing one of its oldest constraints: geography. The contemporary world economy may operate through digital communications, instantaneous financial transactions and production networks extending across continents, but the physical movement of energy, raw materials and manufactured goods…
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