Cities and the Sea: The Urban Role in Maritime Security

Abstract

In this article, the authors explore the role cities play in maritime security. Urban centers have a complicated relationship with the maritime space. On the one hand, cities are major contributors to insecurity along their maritime borders, exacerbating issues from human trafficking to illegal fishing. On the other hand, cities are increasingly at the center of international consensus-building and problem-solving forums that are producing results even as nations fail to come to agreement on similar challenges. As the world returns to an emphasis on great power competition, cities offer a complementary set of actors and venues in the global arena by which to pursue greater international stability and security.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 06, 2018
Accession Number
AD1068707

Entities

People

  • Ian Klaus
  • Joshua Tallis

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Communities
  • Criminals
  • Department Of State
  • Fish
  • Governments
  • Homeland Security
  • Human Trafficking
  • International Organizations
  • Local Governments
  • Marine Corps
  • Maritime Security
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Security
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Asian Economic Studies
  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space