Freedoms of navigation in the Asia-Pacific region : strategic, political and legal factors / Sam Bateman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bateman, W. S. G. (Walter Samuel Grono), author.

Series:

Routledge research in the law of the sea

Routledge research on the law of the sea

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of the seas--East Asia.

Freedom of the seas.

Freedom of the seas--Southeast Asia.

East Asia.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

xv, 106 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Summary:

"The need for freedoms of navigation in regional waters is frequently mentioned in statements from regional forums, but a common understanding of what this constitutes a particular freedom of navigation or the relevant law is lacking. This book discusses how law, politics and strategy intersect to provide different perspectives of freedoms on navigation in the Asia-Pacific region. These freedoms are very important in this distinctively maritime region, but problems arise over interpreting the navigational regimes under the law of the sea, especially with regard to the rights of foreign warships to transit another country's territorial sea without prior notification or authorisation of the coastal state, and with determining the availability of high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight in an exclusive economic zone. The book explores these issues, referring in particular to the position of the main protagonists on these issues in Asian waters - the United States and China - with their strongly opposing views. The book concludes with a discussion of the prospects for either resolving these different perspectives or for developing confidence-building measures that would reduce the risks of maritime incidents. Providing a comprehensive yet concise overview of the various different factors affecting freedom of navigation, this book will be a valuable resource for those working or studying in the fields of international relations, maritime security and the law of the sea"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Navigational regimes

Exclusive economic zone issues

Building understandings and confidence.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Bateman, W. S. G. (Walter Samuel Grono) Freedoms of navigation in the asia-pacific region

ISBN:

9780367189730

0367189739

OCLC:

1108816903