This article introduces the key contributions of the special issue on ‘Maritime networks and transnational spaces’. It draws attention to three key thematics that the papers develop. These are a set of engagements between law, space and maritime networks; a set of questions around maritime spaces, subaltern histories and transnational networks and finally a set of concerns around the forms of ‘geopolitical literacy’ articulated by maritime actors (Troutman 2005). Through drawing together these interlocking problematics the articles contribute to a broad agenda highlighting the productive intersection of work on maritime networks and transnational spaces. The introduction sets out some of the ways in which engagements with maritime contexts and scholarship can offer new perspectives on the transnational spatialities of politics, resistance and regulation.

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特刊介绍：海事网络和跨国空间

本文介绍了“海事网络和跨国空间”特刊的主要贡献。它提请注意论文开发的三个关键主题。这些是法律，太空和海事网络之间的一系列接触；一系列有关海洋空间，替代历史和跨国网络的问题，最后一系列有关海事行为者所表达的“地缘政治素养”形式的关注（Troutman 2005）。通过将这些相互关联的问题汇总在一起，这些文章有助于形成一个广泛的议程，突出了海上网络和跨国空间之间富有成效的工作交汇处。引言阐明了与海洋环境和学术界的交往可以为政治的跨国空间提供新观点的一些方式，