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Constitutional Referendums
The constitutional referendum has become a vital feature of modern constitution-making and reform. This book provides the first full-length analysis of the theoretical foundations of constitutional referendums, assessing their democratic credentials and the design decisions that affect the value and legitimacy of the referendum process.
The Blue Economy in Sub-Saharan Africa
The blue economy, comprising coastal and marine resources, offers vast benefits for sub-Saharan Africa: of the 53 countries and territories in the region, 32 are coastal states; there are 13 million sq km of maritime zones; more than 90% of the region’s exports and imports come by sea; and the African Union hails the blue economy as the ‘new frontier of African renaissance’. Despite their importance, the region’s coastal and marine resources have been neither fully appreciated nor fully utilized. They are only now being recognized as being key to Africa’s potential prosperity. As the region grows, it has, in general, not taken adequate safeguards to protect these valuable resources...
Southeast Asia Transformed
Southeast Asia, with a total population of 520 million, remains a region characterized by fragmentation, diversity, and considerable internal conflict despite the unifying influence of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), formed some thirty-five years ago. In the new millennium, it has lost the distinction of being one of the world’s faster growing group of economies since the 1997 financial crisis. While it has benefited from the winds of globalization, it has now to cope with the painful adjustments to problems that stem from the inadequacies of good governance and structural changes. This volume brings together the combined insights of specialists who have worked and lived in the region. The theme of the book is change and transformation. The authors identify the trends and forces that propel the region along, and then bring in discussions on key issues. In some cases, they offer their views on the future of the region and recommendations for solutions. The intention of the book is to offer a scholarly review of the region’s development over the past half century and to provide a firm basis for forecasting its further evolution in the new millennium.
MIMA Bulletin Volume 20 (1) 2013
This issue of the Bulletin has a number of articles covering various aspects of the maritime domain. They look at Malaysia's perspective on managing transboundary oil pollution damage from offshore exploration and exploitation activities, a report on the Sulu Sulawesi large marine ecoregion fisheries management project, issues relating to the creation of a network of marine protected areas, the Thai canal project as an possible alternative to the Straits of Malacca and other Southeast Asian maritime conduits, coastal blue carbon in relation to mangrove and seagrass conservation in Malaysia, and data issues in Malaysia's maritime industry.
MIMA Bulletin Special 2020 Issue
MIMA strives to provide the best reads on a multitude of maritime subjects, and this issue proves our range. We hope you enjoy reading them!
MIMA Bulletin Volume 26 (2) 2019
This edition features articles focusing on diverse subject matters from a geopolitical, environmental and economic point of view. Sumathy Permal discusses the geopoliticl and economic complexities of the Belt and Road Initiative ; a mega-project with a reputation for both risks and opportunities. Meanwhile, Farzana Reza dives into the topic of innocent pasage as prescribed by UNCLOS, focusing on issues in the Straits of Harmuz. Cheryl Rita had collaborated with Prof Wan Izatul Asma Wan Talaat from the Institute of Oceanography and Environment to look into the legal and management role of Marine Spatial Planning in ocean governance. Last and certainly not least, Cdr Ang Chin Hup (R) weighs in on the importance of economic growth and environmental sustainability in the domain of the Indian Ocean Rim. These topics tackle complex questions from three different regions, which MIMA hopes would be insightful to readers.
MIMA Bulletin Volume 23 (1) 2016
This issue of Bulletin has a number of articles that cover fairly broad range in the maritime sector. They cover issues such as means to define maritime jurisdiction, maritime insurance, ports and shipping, the maritime environment in the EEZs, Blue Carbon issues, and a report on a talk on the South China Sea.
The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific
A new framework contextualizes crucial international security issues at sea in the Indo-Pacific Competition at sea is once again a central issue of international security. Nowhere is the urgency to address state-on-state competition at sea more strongly felt than in the Indo-Pacific region, where freedom of navigation is challenged by regional states’ continuous investments in naval power, and the renewed political will to use it to undermine its principles. The New Age of Naval Power in the Indo-Pacific provides an original framework in which five “factors of influence” explain how and why naval power matters in this pivotal part of the world. An international group of contributors ma...
Closing of the Frontier
This book is the first on the history of the marine fisheries of Southeast Asia. It takes as its central theme the movement of fisheries into new fishing grounds, particularly the diverse ecosystems that make up the seas of Southeast Asia. This process accelerated between the 1950s and 1970s in what the author calls "e;the great fish race"e;. Catches soared as the population of the region grew, demand from Japan and North America for shrimps and tuna increased, and fishers adopted more efficient ways of locating, catching, and preserving fish. But the great fish race soon brought about the severe depletion of one fish population after another, while pollution and the destruction of mangroves and coral reefs degraded fish habitats. Today the relentless movement into new fishing grounds has come to an end, for there are no new fishing grounds to exploit. The frontier of fisheries has closed. The challenge now is to exploit the seas in ways that preserve the diversity of marine life while providing the people of the region with a source of food long into the future.
The Security of Sea Lanes of Communication in the Indian Ocean Region
First published in 2007, this book focuses on the security of sea lanes of communication. It was a joint publication between the Maritime Institute of Malaysia (MIMA) and the Indian Ocean Research Group (IORG) and is an important book for three particular reasons. First, it takes a step forward in identifying key policy themes that can be applied to interstate cooperation around the Indian Ocean Region (IOR). Second, the particular theme discussed is not only central to the economic well-being of Indian Ocean countries, but also to many of the world’s most important trading states, and finally the various discussions within the book raise a host of issues to which regional as well as non-regional policy-makers should give serious consideration.
