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
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 ?omak
Global Geopolitical Shift: Balance of Power in The Arctic.. 25
Ferdi G羹癟yetmez
BALTIC STATES AND ARCTIC NEGOTIATIONS. 39
?ncel Sen癟erman
UNDERSTANDING THE ANTARCTIC BIODIVERSITY AND TURKISH CONTRIBUTION TO ITS PROTECTION... 51
Bayram ?zt羹rk and Mehmet G繹khan 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 S繹kmen Alaca
ASEAN AND ITS ROLE IN THE GEOPOLITICS OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC.. 91
Ahmet Ateş and S羹leyman 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 ?ınar
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 ?ağla 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
H羹seyin ?elik
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 Tam癟elik
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
H羹seyin ?elik PART 4. MARITIME COMMERCE, ECONOMICS AND MARINE ENVIRONMENT 351
A SHORT HISTORY OF MARITIME TRADE.. 353
Haldun Aydıng羹n
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
Din癟er Bayer
BLUE ECONOMY AND BLUE GROWTH.. 417
İ. Melih Baş