MARITIME SECURITY A CHALLENGE TOWARDS GROWTH & PEACE

Michail D.  Magkos

Michail D. Magkos Rear Admiral(ret)

Keywords: Maritime Security, Growth, Trade, Conflict, Illegal Migration, Piracy, Maritime Power, Naval Power

Abstract

Original Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.37458/ssj.6.1.5

The Great Powers have reached a level of Maritime Power either in Shipping or in Navies, or both. Such relevant balance has caused certain conditions per region, geopolitically oriented. Maritime security has influenced the freedom of navigation, world trade, and safety lanes. These achievements shape the environment in which Maritime Security belongs. Conditions for occupations remained the same for all the Empires that built their Power with initial Military Force Projection; then, Merchants arrived using the Sea to bring their goods. How could Humanity revise and empower maritime security? Why are the Great Powers' vital interests driven when they react to marine security? These questions remain at the heart of the problem. Conflicts around the Globe have an enormous effect on world trade and Shipping. Terrorism heats Maritime Shipping worldwide, expanding their usage up to the State's control to destroy the world trade safe routes, causing instability. Maritime security is a demanding achievement, built by human evolution in certain places around the Globe, and has inspired the whole world since ancient times. Terrorists have increased their Power to improve their area of influence, whether this should be a territorial, religious, or national interest.

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