A Time Bomb For Global Trade

Author : Michael Richardson
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hijacking of ships
ISBN : 9812302468

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A Time Bomb for Global Trade by Michael Richardson Pdf

What is being done to counter threats of maritime terrorism and how effective are the safeguards? The author presents evidence that Al-Qaeda aims to disrupt the seaborne trading system, the backbone of the model global economy, and would use a crude nuclear explosive device or radiological bomb to do so if it could obtain one and position it to go off in a port-city, shipping strait or waterway that plays a key role in international trade. Improving maritime trade is especially important for the US and Canada, member states of the EU, Australia and New Zealand and for China, Japan and South Korea, Thailand, Malaysia and other East Asian economies that have extensive direct seaborne trade. It is doubly vital for places like Singapore, Hong Kong and Rotterdam that are not only very large global seaports but also giant giant container transshipment hubs. This book discusses some major threats to seaborne trade and its land links in the global supply chain, their potential impact and the new security measures in place or pending for ships, ports and cargo containers, and recommendations for preventing or handling a catastrophic terrorist attack designed to disrupt world trade.

Author : Evelyn Jacks,Jenifer Bartman
Publisher : Knowledge Bureau Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1772970654

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Defusing the Family Business Time Bomb by Evelyn Jacks,Jenifer Bartman Pdf

Take Control of the Most Explosive Challenge in a Generation From Shirtsleeves to Shirtsleeves in a Generation? From Dreaming Big to Bigger Dreams? Will your business sell for millions, blow up, or just wind down? Will your family relationships survive it all? Which will it be at the end of the road for your family business? The answer lies in your ability to embrace change and work with purpose to build a company that is scalable and has value beyond yourself. But at the same time, it is important to focus on the family relationships that will either suffer, become an impediment, or thrive along the way.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : East Asia
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030031450267

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Asia-Pacific Economic Update by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patrick Cullen,Claude Berube
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136457180

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Maritime Private Security by Patrick Cullen,Claude Berube Pdf

This book examines the evolution, function, problems and prospects of private security companies in the maritime sector. The private security industry continues to evolve after its renaissance over the past few decades, first in Africa, and later in Iraq and Afghanistan. Despite this, little academic work has been done to date on the role of private security in the maritime environment. This lacuna has become more pronounced as the threat of piracy, terrorism, and other acts of maritime political violence have caused littoral states and commercial entities alike to consider the use of private security to mitigate risks. Maritime Private Security is an edited volume specifically dedicated to combating the absence of academic research in this area. The discussion of this multi-faceted subject is organised into four key parts: Part I: The Historical and Contemporary Market in Maritime Private Security Services Part II: The Emergence of Private Anti-Piracy Escorts in the Commercial Sector Part III: The Privatization of Coast Guard Services Part IV: Private Security Responses to Maritime Terrorism This book will be of much interest to students of naval policy and maritime security, private security companies, piracy and terrorism, international law and IR in general.

Author : Paul Shemella
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780804798631

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Global Responses to Maritime Violence by Paul Shemella Pdf

Global Responses to Maritime Violence is a full discussion of maritime security short of war that goes beyond the current literature in both scope and perspective. The chapters in this volume examine terrorism, piracy, armed robbery at sea, illegal maritime trafficking, illegal fishing, and other maritime crimes. Contributors uncover both threats and responses as a complex ecosystem that challenges even the strongest national and regional institutions. Managing this system is a "wicked problem" that has no ultimate solution. But the book offers strategic precepts to guide the efforts of any government that seeks to improve its responses to maritime violence. The bottom line is that maritime violence can be managed effectively enough to protect citizens and national economies that depend on the sea. Comprehensive in scope, the volume coheres around the premise that good governance in the maritime domain, though difficult, is worth the considerable resources required.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN : OSU:32437123042554

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Naval Law Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Developing countries
ISBN : 9781853839818

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Making Global Trade Work for People by Anonim Pdf

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Yee-Kuang Heng
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 131 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-03-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317101642

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Managing Global Risks in the Urban Age by Yee-Kuang Heng Pdf

The first full-length exposition of what it terms a global city-global risks nexus, this volume crosses disciplinary boundaries to draw upon research from Security Studies; Geography; Sociology; and Urban Studies. Innovative in its approach integrating theories about Global Cities with those positing a Global Risk Society, Yee-Kuang Heng positions this research in the midst of two concurrent global trends that will gain more significance in coming years. The world is experiencing the consequences of not only rapid globalisation, but also urbanization. In 2008, the UN declared that more than half the world’s population was now urban. At the same time, highly connected global cities like New York, London, Tokyo and Singapore also face rapidly spreading global risks such as pandemics and financial crises. Unique in developing a typology of global risks that threaten a global city like Singapore, beyond its Asian focus, the book also draws out thematic and policy lessons pertinent to other global cities. ’Global cities’ do not simply materialize. They are dependent on a range of stakeholders at various levels that produce and re-produce its command and control capabilities, in the face of global risks. Singapore’s experiences managing global risks in the financial; aviation; and maritime domains are common concerns shared by many countries and cities that have, or aspire to develop, similar critical infrastructure.

Author : L. Hoovestal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-09-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137315915

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Globalization Contained by L. Hoovestal Pdf

Examining the global significance of the freight container, with particular emphasis on the perspectives of the US and China, Globalization Contained considers the implications of the freight container as an agent of change for the future of the global economy and global security.

Author : Philip L. Reichel,Ryan Randa
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 730 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781440843181

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Transnational Crime and Global Security by Philip L. Reichel,Ryan Randa Pdf

This two-volume work offers a comprehensive examination of the distressing topics of transnational crime and the implications for global security. National security is a key concern for individual nations, regions, and the global community, yet globalism has led to the perfusion of transnational crime such that it now poses a serious threat to the national security of governments around the world. Whether attention is concentrated on a particular type of transnational crime or on broader concerns of transnational crime generally, the security issues related to preventing and combatting transnational crime remain of top-priority concern for many governments. Transnational Crime and Global Security has been carefully curated to provide students, scholars, professionals, and consultants of criminal justice and security studies with comprehensive information about and in-depth analysis of contemporary issues in transnational crime and global security. The first volume covers such core topics as cybercrime, human trafficking, and money laundering and also contains infrequently covered but nevertheless important topics including environmental crime, the weaponization of infectious diseases, and outlaw motorcycle gangs. The second volume is unique in its coverage of security issues related to such topics as the return of foreign terrorist fighters, using big data to reinforce security, and how to focus efforts that encourage security cooperation.

Author : Shicun Wu
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317100508

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Maritime Security in the South China Sea by Shicun Wu Pdf

Maritime security is of vital importance to the South China Sea, a critical sea route for maritime transport of East Asian countries including China. The adjacent countries have rendered overlapping territorial and/or maritime claims in the South China Sea which complicate the situation of maintaining maritime security and developing regional cooperation there. This book focuses on contemporary maritime security in the South China Sea as well as its connected sea area, the Straits of Malacca and Singapore. It identifies and examines selected security issues concerning the safety of navigation, crackdown on transnational crimes including sea piracy and maritime terrorism, and conflict prevention and resolution. In the context of non-traditional security, issues such as maritime environmental security and search and rescue at sea are included. The book explores ways and means of international cooperation in dealing with these maritime security issues.

Author : Richard E. Baldwin,Simon J. Evenett
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1907142231

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The Collapse of Global Trade, Murky Protectionism, and the Crisis by Richard E. Baldwin,Simon J. Evenett Pdf

The global financial crisis of 2008/9 is the Great Depression of the 21st century. For many though, the similarities stop at the Wall Street Crash as the current generation of policymakers have acted quickly to avoid the mistakes of the past. Yet the global crisis has made room for mistakes all of its own. While governments have apparently kept to their word on refraining from protectionist measures in the style of 1930s tariffs, there has been a disturbing rise in "murky protectionism." Seemingly benign, these crisis-linked policies are twisted to favour domestic firms, workers and investors. This book, first published as an eBook on VoxEU.org in March 2009, brings together leading trade policy practitioners and experts - including Australian Trade Minister Simon Crean and former Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo. Initially its aim was to advise policymakers heading in to the G20 meeting in London, but since the threat of murky protectionism persists, so too do their warnings.

Author : H. Lai
Publisher : Springer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780230619609

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Asian Energy Security by H. Lai Pdf

The main focus of the contributors of this volume is to analyze closely major aspects of energy security, energy diplomacy, and maritime security in East and Southeast Asia. Specifically, they examine the current state of energy security and maritime security of China and Japan, as well as Southeast Asia.

Author : Colin Turner,Debra Johnson
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780857934413

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Global Infrastructure Networks by Colin Turner,Debra Johnson Pdf

Infrastructure represents the core underpinning architecture of the global economic system. Adopting an approach informed by realism, this insightful book looks at the forces for the integration and fragmentation of the global infrastructure system. The authors undertake a thorough examination of the main internationalised infrastructure sectors: energy, transport and information. They argue that the global infrastructure system is a network of national systems and that state strategies exert powerful forces upon the form and function of this system.

Author : Sudhir Devare
Publisher : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : India
ISBN : 9812303456

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India & Southeast Asia by Sudhir Devare Pdf

There is a growing dialogue between India and Southeast Asia. From a marginal relationship during the Cold War days to the participation of India at the East Asia summit in December 2005 has been a long journey. In the context of the geopolitical situation in the Asia-Pacific in the post-September 11 period, the security dimension between India and Southeast Asia cannot be overemphasized. With the continued U.S. preponderance in the region and China's phenomenal rise, the countries of Southeast Asia and India have an opportunity to evolve a co-operative relationship not only with one another, but also with the major powers of the region. This book examines the areas of comprehensive security and the growing understanding between India and Southeast Asia where there is less divergence and greater convergence. The author argues that India-Southeast Asia security convergence is not and should not be aimed at any particular country. On an optimistic note he concludes that such convergence will contribute to creating harmony among the major powers of Asia to make the twenty-first century the "Asian century."