They represented, among others,EEAS, European Commission, ReCAAP-ISC, International Maritime Organization, NATO,EUNAVFOR, Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency, Embassy of the Federal Republic of

Germany, EU-MARSIC, BIMCO, and Norwegian Coast Guards. In addition, researchers

from France, Germany, India, Japan, People´s Republic of China, Republic of Korea,

Singapore, Taiwan and United Kingdom attended the event. The topics discussed

included law enforcement in the maritime domain, in particular the different roles of

navies and coast guards, transnational organised crime at sea and obstacles in Euro-

Asian collaboration. Following the conference in Seoul, one full panel was dedicated to

the Arctic Sea and the influence the new Asian observer states China, India, Japan,

Singapore and South Korea can have in the Arctic Council.