UNCONVENTIONAL ACTIONS MAJOR IMPACT FOR FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN CONFLICT AREAS
UNCONVENTIONAL ACTIONS MAJOR IMPACT FOR FREEDOM OF NAVIGATION IN CONFLICT AREAS

Author(s): Valentin – Marian TOMA
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Carol I National Defence University Publishing House
Keywords: freedom of navigation; merchant trade; lines of communication; piracy; missile attacks; drift mines; drones; effects; unconventional actions.
Summary/Abstract: Navies were primarily created for the protection of merchant trade, with the mission of ensuring freedom of navigation on communication sea lines so that nations could prosper from commercial trade. The unconventional actions of some state or non-state actors affect the freedom of navigation in certain maritime spaces and thus cause the emergence of regional security crises and implicitly the shaping of economic crises. In this article, we have selected three maritime spaces where state and non-state actors use unconventional actions to disrupt and even prohibit freedom of navigation for commercial vessels. The international community is aware of the danger posed by these unconventional actions and is responding promptly and decisively through the actions of their military vessels in order to provide an adequate response and maintain freedom of navigation.

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