Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : piracy in Southeast Asia: trends, hot spots and responses / Carolin Liss -- Changes in piracy in Southeast Asia over the last ten years / Sam Bateman -- U.S. counter-piracy efforts in Southeast Asia, 2004-2015 : consistent, cooperative and supportive / John Bradford -- Japan's response to piracy in Southeast Asia : ten years on / Lindsay Black -- Legal measures to combat piracy and armed robbery in Southeast Asia : problems and prospects / Tara Davenport -- Naval counter-piracy in Indonesia / Ristian Atriandi Supriyanto -- The professionalization of piracy : an ethnographic vignette from Southeast Asia's pirate haven / Ted Biggs -- Hijacking for product theft : simple math and good business / Karsten von Hoesslin -- Piracy and maritime violence in the waters between Sabah and the southern Philippines / Carolin Liss.