16. Dinamika Kerjasama Littoral States dan User States dalam Penanganan Kasus Perompakan Kapal: Studi Kasus Selat Malaka dan Selat Singapura (2010-2014)

Abstract

Malacca and Singapore straits are among the world’s most important SLOC (Sea Lines of
Communication) and SLOT (Sea Lines of Trade) which categorized as armed robbery
prone areas. Based on UNCLOS art. 43, littoral states and user states should cooperate to
overcome this issue. On the other hand, they have different interests in Malacca and
Singapore straits. This research discuss the different interest between littoral states and
user states and how it effects the dynamic cooperation on combating armed robbery
against ship in Malacca and Singapore Straits from 2010 to 2014. This study found that
the different interest between those countries effected the cooperation on combating armed
robbery. Furthermore, it also influence the main purpose and activities of the cooperation.
The dynamic cooperation between littoral states and user states emerges on multilateral,
trilateral, and bilateral cooperation. This research is carried out by using descriptiveanalysis
and qualitative method. This study incorporates the framework of international
cooperation theory to observe the dynamic cooperation as the conceptual basis of the
research.