Southeast Asia's partners must coordinate maritime security support

Programs are boosting regional capacity, but overlap distracts from missions

Scott Edwards

June 13, 2023 05:00 JST

Trilateral coast guard exercises between Japan, the Philippines and the U.S. in June: Countries with shared interests should coordinate for efficient capacity building. © Reuters

Scott Edwards is the inaugural Free and Open Indo-Pacific Research Fellow at Japan's Yokosuka Council on Asia-Pacific Studies.

Members of the Quad and their European partners are increasingly recognizing the importance of working with Southeast Asian states to build maritime security capacity.