➢ Energy and environmental

concerns- Rapid economic

growth for Asia has led to
reliance on economic imports,
increasing the importance of sea
lanes and transformational
routes. 1
➢ Migration- The combination of
rapidly growing populations in much
of the developing world, increasingly
porous national boarders, and
disparities in economic growth rates
have sparked a dramatic increase in
international migration.
2
➢ Organized crime and threats from “non-
state” actors- Through the increasing
ease of communication and
transportation flows, and growing
permeability of national borders,
organized crime networks, terrorism
drugs and weapon traffickers, and even
human smugglers face fewer constraints
on their activity.3
➢ Shifts in balance of power-
Deepening economic
integration gives rise to
regional economic blocks that
competes for power and
influence. 4