Freedoms of Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region: Strategic, Political and Legal Factors

ISBN-13: 9781032240404 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 122 str.

Sam Bateman

Opis

The need for freedoms of navigation in regional waters is frequently mentioned in statements from regional forums, but a common understanding is lacking of what constitutes a particular freedom of navigation, or of the relevant law.

Spis treści

Table of Contents

Author’s Biography

List of Figures and Tables

List of Abbreviations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter One – Introduction

Abstract

Introduction

Setting the Scene

Special Features

Sovereignty Disputes

Development of the Freedoms of Navigation

Freedoms of Navigation in East Asia

Outline

Chapter Two – Navigational Regimes

Abstract

Innocent Passage

Transit Passage

Archipelagic Sea Lanes Passage

Normal Mode of Transit

Conclusion

Chapter Three – Exclusive Economic Zone Issues

Abstract

Introduction

Development of the EEZ Regime

The EEZ as International Waters

Vexed Issues

Way Forward

Chapter Four – Building Understandings and Confidence

Abstract

Different Perspectives

Conflicting Maritime Strategies

Maritime Confidence Building Measures

Ambiguities and Uncertainties

U.S. Freedom of Navigation Program

Conclusions

Final Thoughts

O autorze

Sam Bateman retired from the Royal Australian Navy as a Commodore (one-star) and is now a Professorial Research Fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong, Australia.