Global Maritime Geopolitics

States must develop new approaches, maritime policies, strategies and tactics to cruise through the contemporary maritime politics. Soft power, as well as economic, commercial, and logistics factors are of critical importance in establishing marine power. It is critical to promote maritime-related products such as films, serials, literature and art, maritime journalism, and maritime photography as part of governmental policies.

Marine and maritime security challenges are becoming more important in today's world. As a result of all these developments, the preparation of a multidimensional and comprehensive work on the oceans and seas at the global level has been brought to the agenda. Our book has been written to elucidate these concerns and contribute to this important scholarly and policy field. This book can also be useful for wider audiences as a comprehensive volume on maritime geopolitics covering many cases from around the world and discussions from Turkish perspectives.

CONTENTS

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  PREFACE.. 1
  
  PART 1. Antarctic and Arctic Circle Geopolitics. 7
  ANTARCTIC AND ARCTIC MARITIME SECURITY INTERACTION WITHIN LIBERALISM, REALISM AND CRITICAL THEORIES. 9
  Burak Şakir Şeker and Hasret Çomak
  Global Geopolitical Shift: Balance of Power in The Arctic.. 25
  Ferdi Güçyetmez
  BALTIC STATES AND ARCTIC NEGOTIATIONS. 39
  Öncel Sençerman
  UNDERSTANDING THE ANTARCTIC BIODIVERSITY AND TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO ITS PROTECTION... 51
  Bayram Öztürk and Mehmet Gökhan Halıcı
  
  PART 2. INDIAN AND PACIFIC OCEAN GEOPOLITICS. 57
  SECURITIZATION PROCESS OF INDO-PACIFIC AND ASIA-PACIFIC THROUGH IR THEORIES WITHIN MARITIME SECURITY INTERACTION... 59
  Burak Şakir Şeker
  THE GEOPOLITICS OF INDO PACIFIC REGION... 75
  A. İnci Sökmen Alaca
  ASEAN AND ITS ROLE IN THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC.. 91
  Ahmet Ateş and Süleyman Temiz
  REGIONAL CHALLENGES AND INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: THE COMPLEX REALITIES OF SOUTH PACIFIC GEOPOLITICS. 111
  Amba Pande
  THE WIDER NORTH AND THE NEW GEOPOLITICS OF THE NORTH PACIFIC: CRYOPOLITICS. 125
  Ebru Caymaz and Fahri Erenel
  
  PART 3. MARITIME POLICIES OF GLOBAL AND REGIONAL ACTORS. 133
  THE AFRICAN UNION'S MARITIME SECURITY STRATEGY AND ITS IMPACT ON CONTINENTAL PEACE AND STABILITY.. 135
  Asena Boztaş and Huriye Yıldırım Çınar
  CONTEMPORARY GEOPOLITICAL ASPECTS OF THE ATLANTIC: ACTORS, ISSUES, AND COOPERATION... 151
  Ahmet Ateş
  THE GEOPOLITICAL SCENARIOS OF THE "QUAD" COUNTRIES, THE UNITED STATES, JAPAN, AUSTRALIA AND INDIA.. 167
  Duygu Çağla Bayram
  RUSSIAN NAVAL DOCTRINE AND RUSSIAN NAVY MODERNIZATION... 187
  Ahmet Sapmaz
  THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE CASPIAN SEA FOR REGIONAL AND GLOBAL ACTORS. 207
  Volkan Tatar
  MEDITERRANEAN GEOPOLITICS AND INTERNATIONAL BALANCE.. 217
  Hüseyin Çelik
  EXISTING AND PROSPECTIVE CENTRAL PARADIGMS OF EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN ENERGY GEOPOLITICS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: DO / WILL ALL THE RELATED PARTIES SEEK FOR COLLABORATIONS OR CONFRONTATIONS?. 231
  Sina Kısacık
  TURKEY'S INTEGRATION OF ITS MIDDLE EAST - EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN (ME-EM/MEM) AND CYPRUS (MEM-C) STRATEGIES IN ITS FOREIGN POLICY.. 269
  Soyalp Tamçelik
  THE INFLUENCE OF SEA POWER AND TURKEY'S STRUGGLE IN THE BLUE HOMELAND... 325
  Doğan Şafak Polat
  THE GEOPOLITICAL REALITY OF THE ISLAND SEA.. 341
  Hüseyin Çelik
  
  PART 4. MARITIME COMMERCE, ECONOMICS AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT 351
  A SHORT HISTORY OF MARITIME TRADE.. 353
  Haldun Aydıngün
  AUTOMATION AND CYBERSECURITY IN MARITIME COMMERCE.. 363
  Alaettin Sevim
  GEOSTRATEGIC AND GEOPOLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS REGARDING MARITIME ECONOMICS. 381
  Murat Koray
  MARITIME SPATIAL PLANNING FOR GLOBAL COMMONS. 401
  Dinçer Bayer
  BLUE ECONOMY AND BLUE GROWTH.. 417
  İ. Melih Baş