Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative
AMTI aims to promote transparency in the Indo-Pacific to dissuade assertive behavior and conflict and generate opportunities for cooperation and confidence building
The maritime environment in East Asia contains both promise and peril. The Indo-Pacific region is host to some of the world’s most important shipping lanes, facilitates huge volumes of regional trade, and boasts abundant natural resources. Competing territorial claims, incidents between neighboring countries, and increasing militarization, however, raise the possibility that an isolated event at sea could become a geopolitical catastrophe. This is all occurring against a backdrop of relative opaqueness. Geography makes it difficult to monitor events as they occur, and there is no public, reliable authority for information on maritime developments.
The Asia Maritime Transparency Initiative seeks to change this. AMTI was conceived of and designed by CSIS. It is an interactive, regularly-updated source for information, analysis, and policy exchange on maritime security issues in Asia. AMTI aims to promote transparency in the Indo-Pacific to dissuade assertive behavior and conflict and generate opportunities for cooperation and confidence building. Because AMTI aims to provide an objective platform for exchange, AMTI and CSIS take no position on territorial or maritime claims.
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Wherever They May Roam: China’s Militia in 2023
Commentary — February 28, 2024
Tracking Tensions at Second Thomas Shoal
Commentary — January 30, 2024
Vietnam Ramps Up Spratly Island Dredging
Commentary — November 15, 2023
More than Meets the Eye: Philippine Upgrades at EDCA Sites
Commentary — October 12, 2023
A New Chinese Runway in the Paracels? Probably Not
Commentary — August 18, 2023
Buoy Battle in the Spratly Islands
Commentary — July 11, 2023
Thirteenth Annual South China Sea Conference: Morning Keynote by Rep. Jennifer Kiggans (R-VA)
Transcript — June 28, 2023
Thirteenth Annual South China Sea Conference: Lunch Keynote by Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asia and the Pacific Affairs Daniel Kritenbrink
Transcript — June 28, 2023
Strategic Upgrades in the Pacific
Commentary — June 15, 2023
Perilous Prospects: Tensions Flare at Malaysian, Vietnamese Oil and Gas Fields
Commentary — March 30, 2023