The Growing Strategic Significance of Islands

• Main Author: Till, Geoffrey
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Social sciences::Military and naval science; Country and Region Studies; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136626
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The Asia-Pacific is a maritime region comprising many islands and archipelagoes. Recent military developments are making these more strategically significant. This brings in new levels of risk that could destabilise the region and so needs to be handled sensitively.