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Parent topics
- Ocean chokepoints [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Piracy [r]: Violence against, or detention of, by private individuals, against aircraft or ships under national registry [e]
- Singapore [r]: Even though of tiny size, one of the world's most prosperous countries, a trading and transportation center of Southeast Asia, made up of islands between Malaysia and Indonesia [e]
- Phillipines [r]: A country made up of over seven thousand islands, some of substantial size, between the Philippine Sea and the South China Sea, east of Vietnam [e]
- Malaysia [r]: Part of Southeast Asia,it is a peninsula bordering Thailand and the northern one-third of the island of Borneo, Indonesia, Brunei, and the South China Sea; south of Vietnam [e]
- Thailand [r]: A country of Southeast Asia, with a constitutional monarchy, often democratic government, generally strong national identity, and a relatively strong economy, although all have been threatened in recent years [e]
Subtopics
- MALSINDO [r]: A trilateral antipiracy patrol force, started in 2004 and operated in territorial waters, by the navies of Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore [e]
- Regional Cooperation Agreement on Anti-Piracy [r]: Starting operations in 2006, a regional anti-piracy agreement for the Strait of Malacca, involving all the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, as well as Bangladesh, China, Japan, South Korea, India and Sri Lanka [e]
Other related topics
- South China Sea [r]: A part of the Pacific Ocean surrounded by nations of Southeast Asia and East Asia, important for navigation but also for small islands over which resource and sovereignty disputes exist [e]
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations [r]: Association of South-East Asian Nations; treaty group formed in 1967, originally comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; Brunei was admitted as a member in 1984, Vietnam in 1995, Burma and Laos in 1997, Cambodia in 1999; Australia is a "dialogue partner". [e]
- International Maritime Organization [r]: The United Nations agency responsible for avoiding pollution from ships, and implementing the Safety of Life at Sea convention [e]
- Sunda Strait [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Lombok Strait [r]: Add brief definition or description
