Strengthening Cooperative International Maritime Law Enforcement in the Indo-pacific: Developing a Combined Maritime Force of Coast Guards
Cooper, Eric (2024-06-04). Strengthening Cooperative International Maritime Law Enforcement in the Indo-pacific: Developing a Combined Maritime Force of Coast Guards (Report). Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, The. p. 15.
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Abstract: Good afternoon, and thank you for the honor of testifying today. I am a senior policy researcher at RAND, a nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization. Prior to joining RAND, I served in the U.S. Coast Guard for 30 years in multiple roles, including as Director for Maritime Security for the National Security Council; Commanding Officer of Maritime Security Response Team West, the Coast Guard’s west coast counterterrorism team; Deputy Director of Operations at Coast Guard Pacific Area; a Crisis Action Planner in the Future Operations Division at U.S. Northern Command; and aboard several Coast Guard cutters conducting United Nations (UN) Security Council sanction enforcement, fisheries enforcement, security cooperation, and joint operations with partner countries. At RAND, I have been a contributing author on a number of projects associated with U.S. Coast Guard operations, strategy, policy, and acquisition programs, as well as projects involving uncrewed systems and Indo-Pacific operations. The opinions and recommendations in this testimony build on my own research and experience in the Coast Guard.
"...In a show of trust and confidence in the U.S. Coast Guard, both Palau and the Federated States of Micronesia recently signed agreements that allow the United States to enforce maritime law on behalf of those countries without having a representative onboard.26 With the help of U.S. leadership, these types of agreements could be expanded under a coalition of countries. Aligning these bilateral efforts under a single multinational organization is a sensible solution to challenges in the Indo-Pacific..."
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DOI: 10.7249/cta3386-1 OpenAlex: W4399341318
