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Canada and Maritime Dimensions of Regional Security

Regional Maritime Security in the Middle East & North Africa

Initiative on Confidence and Cooperation in South Asian Waters
Since 2000, the core of the Project's activities in the Indian Ocean has been an ongoing series of activities devoted to issues of confidence and cooperation in South Asian waters. For details see the Confidence and Cooperation in South Asian Waters page

Workshop on Regional Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean

Halifax (6-8 July 2001)

The fourth in the series of regional studies, the Indian Ocean workshop (sub-titled “The Northern Indian Ocean: Strategic Fault Lines, Strategic Linkages”) followed the pattern of earlier sessions by obtaining funding from the Department of Foreign Affairs to enable participation by serving senior naval officers from the region under examination (in this case from India and Pakistan), along with a Pakistani academic with whom Research Fellows Peter Jones and David Griffiths had been collaborating on an independent project on Confidence and Cooperation in South Asian Waters.  The workshop thus combined a  Regional Maritime Security Project event with independent work in which Research Fellows from the Centre were engaged, demonstrating the mutual benefit of linking academic study with practical application.  Conference papers were presented by, or on behalf of, speakers from Canada, India, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, the USA and the UK.

Conference on Maritime Threats and Opportunities in the 21st Century: A global perspective on the Indian Ocean

(Karachi, Pakistan,4-6 March 2007

The inaugural conference of Pakistan’s new titled Maritime Threats and Opportunities in the 21st Century: A global perspective on the Indian Ocean, was held at its new facilities at the Karachi Campus of to coincide with the harbour phase of Exercise AMAN 2007, a week-long multilateral naval exercise led by the Pakistani Navy. The aims of the conference were to: “enhance awareness on importance of oceans and its resources through information sharing and mutual understanding; identify areas of common interest for group analysis and dialogue; mobilize consensus of opinion on emerging issues confronting Indian Ocean maritime domain; and make recommendations to minimize threats and promote opportunities in areas of the mutual interests”. David Griffiths assisted in preparations for the conference and presented the “Integration paper” on maritime security entitled “War and Other Disasters: A Holistic Approach to Security Strategy” as well as a paper on “Maritime Dimensions of Disaster Management”.

Conference on Maritime Threats and Opportunities in the 21st Century: Sustainable Economic Exploitation of Ocean Resources: Technological & Educational Needs and Solutions

(Karachi, Pakistan, 25-27 March 2008)

 The second conference of Pakistan's new   was again held at the Karachi Campus of Bahria University. David Griffiths presented two papers: one on environmental security and another on education. Following the conference he and fellow Canadian Dr James Boutilier paid a two day visit to the port of Gwadar as guests of the university and port.


Dhow construction, Gwadar, Pakistan, 2008

The Human Face of Marine Piracy: Consequences and Policy Options

(Karachi, Pakistan, 29 February–2 March 2012)

Following on from the Centre's participation in the Research Fellow Naeem Sarfraz organized a three-day international working conference in Karachi, Pakistan in 2012. Its aim was to address the impact of marine piracy on seafarers, their families, their employers and their communities. The event was organized and hosted by the Fazaldad Human Rights Institute (FHRI), Islamabad, Pakistan in partnership with the ±«Óătv Marine Piracy Project (DMPP) and sponsored by the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, Washington, USA. All sessions were held at the National Centre for Maritime Policy Research at Bahria University in Karachi. Proceedings were subsequently published in paper and digital format by the Fazaldad Human Rights Institute (Griffiths, 2012).


Presenting at the Marine Piracy Conference in Karachi, 2012

Conference on Maritime Economy, Environment, and Security Co-operation: Bringing the West Pacific and the Indian Ocean Closer

(Karachi, Pakistan, 14-16 February 2015)

At this sixth International Maritime Conference (IMC) held by Pakistan's National Centre for Maritime Policy Research, David Griffiths was invited to present the opening Thematic Paper to begin a three-day examination aimed at of “common threats faced by states in the Indo-Pacific maritime region and their effects” and identification of “economic, security, social and environmental areas of cooperation for enhancing inter-regional linkages.” Following the conference he took the opportunity to enhance contacts and understanding with Pakistan through visits in Lahore and Islamabad.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

David N. Griffiths. “Maritime Discourse, Dialogue and Deliberation in the 21st Century.” Proceedings of a conference on Maritime Economy, Environment, and Security Co-operation: Bringing the West Pacific and the Indian Ocean Closer. Karachi: National Centre for Maritime Policy Research, Bahria University, 2015. (Forthcoming)

______ (ed.). The Human Face of Marine The Human Face of Marine Piracy: Consequences and Policy Options. Karachi: Fazaldad Human Rights Institute, 2012.

______. "Educating a Maritime Nation: Challenges and Opportunities". Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Economic Exploitation of Ocean Resources: Technological & Educational Needs and Solutions. Karachi: National Centre for Maritime Policy Research,Bahria University, 2008, pp. 20-28.

______. "Arranging Deckchairs on the Titanic: Environmental Positions, Posturing and Politics". Proceedings of the Conference on Sustainable Economic Exploitation of Ocean Resources: Technological & Educational Needs and Solutions. Karachi: Karachi: National Centre for Maritime Policy Research, Bahria University, 2008, pp. 46-56.

______. “War and Other Disasters: A Holistic Approach to Security Strategy”.  Proceedings of the Conference on Maritime Threats and Opportunities in the 21st Century: a Global Perspective on the Indian Ocean. Karachi: National Centre for Maritime Policy Research, Bahria University, 2007, pp. 119-122.

______. “Maritime Dimensions of Disaster Management”. Proceedings of the Conference on Maritime Threats and Opportunities in the 21st Century: a Global Perspective on the Indian Ocean. (Karachi: National Centre for Maritime Policy Research, Bahria University, 2007, pp. 56-66.

______ (ed). Regional Maritime Security in the Indian Ocean: Working Papers. Halifax: Centre for Foreign Policy Studies, ±«Óătv University, 2001.