US navy efforts in supporting partner maritime capacity building: refocusing a tradition -- With a little help from my friends: maritime capacity building measures in the Malacca Strait -- The answer may be on your luncheon plate: the dilemma of piracy in the Horn of Africa -- Capacity building and the Indian navy -- The role of maritime forces in protecting energy flows -- Capacity building with the Littoral States : internally, regionally and internationally -- China's strategic presence in the Southeast Asian Region -- A Pacific perspective on maritime capacity building -- The Taiwan conundrum: maritime security capacity building in East Asia before a Taiwan Strait settlement -- Multilateral cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region and the role of the US-Japan alliance -- The Republic of Korea and maritime capacity building -- Cooperative security at sea in the waters between the Middle East and the Asia-Pacific -- Indonesia's maritime interests and maritime capacity building requirements.