Solution Protocols to Festering Island Disputes: 'Win-Win' Solutions for the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands

ISBN-13: 9780367218775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str.

Godfrey Baldacchino

Opis

Since the coming into force of the United Nations Law of the Sea, states have been targeting outlying islands to expand their exclusive economic zones. No such actions have brought the world closer to the brink of war than the ongoing face-off between China and Japan over the Diaoyu / Senkaku Islands. This book provides a detailed exploration of

Spis treści

Prologue 1. Introduction 2. Context: churn in the Asia-Pacific 3. The China‒Japan relationship through the ages 4. The Diaoyu/Senkaku islands saga 5. Worth nothing, yet worth everything: why countries (may) go to war over small islands 6. A genealogy of creative governance 7. Splitting 8. Sharing 9. Suppressing (or suspending) sovereignty 10. Single sovereignty but shared jurisdiction 11. Shelving (or setting aside) dispute while developing 12. Swapping and selling 13. Status quo (or stalemate or standstill) 14. Speculating 15. Conclusion Epilogue I: The Diaoyu/Senkaku islands dispute and future development of Sino-Japanese relations Epilogue II: Proposing solutions to the Senkaku/Diaoyu affair