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Maritime security is being neglected. Indicate the major challenges and suggest solutions in the context of the Law of Sea.

  • UPSC 2021
  • Oceanography

Maritime security refers to the freedom from threats arising from or occurring in the maritime domain — to navigation, resource exploitation, and the physical safety of coastal states and their populations — a domain governed globally by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), 1982.

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  • UNCLOS 1982 — The Legal Architecture of Maritime Zones
  • Major Challenges to Maritime Security
  • Traditional / Geopolitical Challenges
  • Non-Traditional Challenges
  • Why Maritime Security Is Structurally Neglected
  • Solutions within and alongside the Law of the Sea

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