1st Edition

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

By Sam Bateman Copyright 2020
122 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

122 Pages
by Routledge

The need for freedoms of navigation in regional waters is frequently mentioned in statements from regional forums, but a common understanding of what 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... Read more

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

Biography

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.