Maritime security and the Western Indian Ocean's militarisation dilemma
Maritime security and the Western Indian Ocean's militarisation dilemma
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海上安全与西印度洋军事化困境
DOI：
10.1080/10246029.2022.2053556
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发表时间：
2022
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0.8
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Bueger C
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作者：
Bueger C
在西印度洋上一次大规模海盗袭击发生十年后，又出现了非法捕鱼和海上走私等其他海上犯罪。也门和莫桑比克冲突的蔓延以及海上灰色地带活动也成为重大的海上安全问题。然而，也许最令人担忧的--尽管在很大程度上被低估了--趋势是该地区海军活动和战略竞争的激增。这是该地区面临的一个重大困境：该地区依赖外部军事行动者来保护重要的航道，但这些行动者的存在也有可能带来地缘政治紧张局势，从而破坏地区海上稳定。该地区如何解决这些海上不安全和不断演变的军事化困境？我们调查区域海上安全架构，以确定可以帮助该地区管理军事化困境的机构。我们认为，只有共同认识和消除冲突机制（SHADE）和索马里沿海海盗问题联络小组（CGPCS）才能帮助缓解该地区的地缘政治竞争。准备好这些机制来应对军事化困境，对于西印度洋的长期繁荣至关重要。
Ten years after the last large scale piracy attacks in the Western Indian Ocean, other maritime crimes such as illicit fishing and maritime smuggling have emerged. The spill over of conflicts in Yemen and Mozambique and maritime grey-zone activities have also become major maritime security issues. Yet, perhaps the most worrying – though largely underappreciated – trend is the surge of naval activity and strategic competition in the region. This is a major dilemma for the region: The region relies on external military actors to protect vital shipping lanes, but the presence of these actors also risks importing geopolitical tensions that could undermine regional maritime stability. How can the region address these maritime insecurities and the evolving militarisation dilemma? We investigate the regional maritime security architecture to identify institutions that can help the region manage the militarisation dilemma. We argue that only the Shared Awareness and Deconfliction (SHADE) mechanism and the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia (CGPCS) can help mitigate geopolitical competition in the region. Preparing these mechanisms to deal with the militarisation dilemma will be vital for the long-term prosperity of the Western India Ocean.