Transnational Naval Cooperation in Southeast Asia Region in Order to Maintain Safety Stability in the Waters

Abstract

The problem of maritime security stability in the Southeast Asia region has been a serious issue, and this has become a common concern of countries in this region. There are some various factors are the cause of this issue and each country has made various efforts to overcome it as well as trying to cooperate each other, even though currently it is still at the level of exchanging information between them regarding the issue in question, furthermore following up with bilateral or trilateral joint coordination and exercises. The Navy, based on the mandate of international maritime law, is the enforcer of law at sea. However, the complexity of the problem plus the vastness of the regional waters requires that the Navy need to think about further steps to increase and maintain the security stability in regional waters, rather than just exchanging information or joint exercises.