Table des matières
Jean-Luc Domenach
Preface
Chapter I. From Myths to Historical Reality
- 1.1. Mediterranean Piracy: From Ulysses To Barberousse
- 1.2. Ocean Piracy: From the Atlantic Coasts to Madagascar
- 1.3. Is History Going Backwards? From the Networks of the Malay Archipelago to the Brigands of Southeast Asia
- 1.3.1. Pirates and Corsairs
- 1.3.2. Pirates and corsairs with respect to French colonisation
- Abu Sayyaf, they could have become French: The France of Louis-Philippe exposed to the Sulu pirates
- In Vietnam, corsairs against pirates-tricolored flags against multicolored flags
- 1.3.3. 1945-1989: the genesis of modern piracy in Southeast Asia
- 1.3.4. 1990-1996: from the Straits of Singapore to the South China Sea…
- 1.3.5. Piracy today
- Return to the Malay archipelago…
- Detour in South Asia
- Recent evolution in the Malacca Straits
Chapter 2. Conditions Favouring the Emergence of Piracy
- 2.1. Causes Related to the Milieu
- 2.1.1. The weight of tradition
- 2.1.2. The geographical background
- 2.1.3. The technological evolution
- 2.2. Political Causes
- 2.2.1. Instability always conducive to piracy
- 2.2.2. The Power Vacuum following the Cold War, a decisive factor for the resurgence of piracy
- 2.3. Socio-economic causes
- 2.3.1. Piracy and Development
- 2.3.2. The economic crises and the promised sea
- 2.3.3. “Cop or hooligan?”
- 2.4. Legal Causes
- 2.4.1. The initial legal considerations
- 2.4.2. The Montego Bay Convention: a definition that is both too restrictive and too broad
- 2.4.3. The Rome Convention: a relevant text, albeit not ratified
- 2.4.4 A highly under-estimated threat
Chapter 3. The Various Manifestations of Maritime Piracy in Southeast Asia
- 3.1. Minor Piracy (“Minor Armed Robbery”-MAR)
- 3.1.1. Attacks on ports
- 3.1.2. The coastal attacks
- 3.2. Organised Piracy (“Armed Robbery and Agression of Intermediate Degree”-ARAID)
- 3.2.1. The attacks in the South China Sea
- 3.2.2. The attacks in the Malay world
- 3.3. International Piracy (“Serious Criminal Hijacking”-SCH)
- 3.4. Para-Piracy
- 3.4.1. Attacks on villages
- 3.4.2. Piracy and Hostage-taking
- 3.4.3. Maritime piracy and freedom movements
- 3.4.4. Piracy and terrorist psychosis
Chapter 4. The Stakes of Piracy in Southeast Asia
- 4.1. Economic and Commercial Stakes
- 4.1.1 A threat to the “jugular artery” of Southeast Asia
- 4.1.2. Piracy versus the tourism industry
- 4.1.3. Piracy and foreign investment
- 4.2. The Diplomatic Stakes
- 4.2.1. Japan takes advantage of piracy to make a come back on the regional scene
- 4.2.2. The Chinese Intervention in Southeast Asia
- 4.2.3. India turns its attention to the East
- 4.3. Environmental and Human stakes
- 4.3.1. Piracy, oil spills, chemical risks and radio active wastes
- 4 3.2. Simply put, Piracy Kills
Chapter 5. The Ever Rebellious Pirate Against a Legal Order That Is Often Biased
- 5.1. The Divergence of Interests, Main Reason for the Lack of Legal Uniformity
- 5.2. Towards a (Re-) Definition of Criteria
- 5.2.1. The location: The link to the water element
- 5.2.2. Motivations – a false trail
- 5.2.3. The amplitude of the act: A concrete criterion for evaluation
- 5.2.4. From definition to the legal order
Chapter 6. Initial Reactions of the Multi-Lateral Players
- 6.1. Informative Approach
- 6.1.1. The initiatives of the International Chamber of Commerce
- 6.1.2. Involvement of the IMO
- 6.1.3. Initiatives of specialised NGO’s
- 6.1.4 The work of academics: the case for a Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific
- 6.2. The Violent Approach: Resorting to the “New Mercenaries”
Chapter 7. Delayed Reactions from Countries
- 7.1. Obstacles Disappear, Countries Appear
- 7.2. Unilateral Initiatives of the Nations
- 7.2.1. Countries of Southeast Asia at a moment of awareness
- In Malaysia
- In Indonesia
- In the Philippines
- In Singapore
- In Thailand
- In Vietnam
- 7.2.2. Two very concerned Asian giants
- India more on the offensive
- China proves its credentials
- 7.3. Bi-or Trilateral Initiatives
- 7.3.1. Myth or reality in the Malay Archipelago: success and limitations of the collaboration between Nations
- Singapore-Indonesia
- Indonesia-Malaysia
- The participation of Philippines
- Other examples of bi lateral co-operation
- 7.3.2. France and Asian pirates: A story that continues
- 7.3.3. United States, United Kingdom: terms of the Anglo Saxon involvement
- 7.4. Multilateral Initiatives
- 7.4.1. Initiatives of the Asean
- Genesis of the Southeast Asian cooperation
- The reactivation of the Asean Regional Forum (ARF)
- ARF and the nebulous Asean
- 7.4.2. Japan: Possible instigator of a veritable multilateral cooperation?
- 7.4.3. Leading role of Europe?
- 7.4.4. Interpol’s Arguments
- 7.4.5. A specific threat, a specific answer: the importance of a United Nation’s framework