Contents -- Introduction -- Setting the Context: A Globalized World -- Part 1 Counter Piracy Operations-Asia -- Chapter 1 Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery in Southeast Asia: An Evolution in Cooperation -- Chapter 2 The Small But Magnificent Counter-Piracy Operations of the Republic of Korea -- Part 2 Transnational Threats -- Chapter 3 Counter Proliferation Activities and Freedom of Navigation -- Chapter 4 Slipping the Net: Why Is It So Difficult to Crack Down on IUU Fishing? -- Chapter 5 Regulation of Private Maritime Security Companies in International Law -- Part 3 Developments in Arctic Ocean -- Chapter 6 Arctic Council Update -- Chapter 7 Communications between the Arctic States and North Pacific Asian States on the Arctic Issues -- Part 4 Energy Security and Sealanes -- Chapter 8 Institutional Building for Maritime Security in Southeast Asia: The Role of ASEAN -- Chapter 9 Freedom of Navigation and the Chinese Straight Baselines in the South China Sea -- Chapter 10 The Cooperative Mechanism in the Straits of Malacca and Singapore -- Part 5 Balancing Marine Environment and Freedom of Navigation -- Chapter 11 European Law and Policy Review: Striking a Balance between Ecosystem Considerations and Navigation Rights under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive, the Law of the Sea Convention and the Draft Directive on Maritime Spatial Planning -- Chapter 12 Responsibility of Flag States for Pollution of the Marine Environment: The Relevance of the UNCLOS Dispute Settlement Regime -- Chapter 13 Cooperative Environmental Mechanisms for the South China Sea -- Part 6 Marine Data Collection -- Chapter 14 Marine Data Collection: US Perspectives -- Chapter 15 Global Ocean Challenges.