Security Measures at Sea: Unintended Spillovers and Maritime Incident Hotspots in the Malacca Strait

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Brief Overview

This study examines the spatial spillover effects of security infrastructure on maritime incidents in the Malacca Strait. It shows that security posts may reduce local incidents but displace them to nearby areas, challenging deterrence assumptions.

Authors

• Azifah Astrina, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• David Peña de Jesús, Geographic Mapping Technologies, Corp