The Maritime Incidents and Escalation in Asia-Pacific project seeks to identify the risks of dangerous maritime incidents in the Asia-Pacific; evaluate the suitability of existing existing bilateral and multilateral arrangements to current strategic realities in the Asia-Pacific; bring forward new proposals to fill important gaps; and help promote effective mechanism for managing and mitigating incidents and escalation at sea. The project is a collaboration with the Verification Research, Training and Information Centre(VERTIC) and is supported by the United States Department of State.