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The objectives of regional and extra-regional actors in the Indian Ocean region (IOR) converge at sea. The sea lines of communication are the world’s most important. In the medium term, the oceanic environment impacted by climate change generates the greatest security challenges. Massive humanitarian and ecological crises will overwhelm adaptation and response capacities. Procrastination will result in unmitigated disasters beyond current experience, with significant maritime security consequences. A proposed way ahead is to conceptualize the IOR as an integrated maritime system in which participants have mutual objectives threatened by common risks and shared vulnerabilities. Evidence from risk-based approaches can identify opportunities and actions for cooperative and collective maritime security. Appropriately resourced policy-level strategic risk assessments, combined with strong leadership and political will, are required.
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See http://www.un.org/depts/los/clcs_new/commission_submissions.htm, accessed 8 March 2015. On 17 December 2014, there were numerous CLCS submissions from IOR states awaiting consideration.
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At least until the Trump administration came to power in the United States. The future of the global response to climate change now looks less certain—the risks have increased.
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On the margins of the 2014 EAS (EAS 2014) and the 2014 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting, significant joint US- and China-supported announcements on global climate change were made. Although, in 2017, the Trump administration has announced that it will reverse its support for global action on climate change.
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Cordner, L. (2018). Prospects for Collective and Cooperative Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean Region. In: Maritime Security Risks, Vulnerabilities and Cooperation. New Security Challenges. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62755-7_8
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