On May 2 and 3, 2013, the Center for Oceans Law and Policy (COLP) and the Korea Maritime Institute (KMI) were the primary co-organizers of a conference in Seoul, Republic of Korea, on the theme of Freedom of Navigation and Globalization. Sponsors of the program were the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore (CIL); the National University of Ireland, Galway; and the South China Sea Institute, Xiamen University, China. Associate Sponsors were the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries (Korea); the Korea Institute of Ocean Science & Technology; the Korea Coast Guard; the Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, Norway; and the International Law Department, US Naval War College. We are pleased to present in this volume the papers which resulted from this conference. The opening address was delivered by Professor/Ambassador Tommy Koh, who, among many other things, was the President of the Third United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea. Tommy emphasizes four pillars of globalization: world environment, international trade, freedom of navigation, and the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Part i focuses on counter piracy operations in Asia with a paper presented by Tara Davenport, at that time with CIL and now a post graduate student at Yale. Tara reports on the co-operative measures taken within the Southeast Asia region to combat piracy and armed robbery against ships. She explores the weaknesses in the international legal regime, examines contemporary practices and their limitations, and urges the need to generate political will to move regional cooperation forward. Next, RADM Youngjoo Cho highlights the historical activities of the Republic of Korea navy in countering piracy and outlines its counter piracy operations in Somalia. He concludes with a review of the lessons learned from the operations and suggests that the real solution is to rehabilitate Somalia as a strong maritime country.