The South China Sea in Focus: Clarifying the Limits of Maritime Dispute

Gregory B. Poling

doi:10.5771/9781442224865

Summary

Satellite imagery and geospatial analysis tools offer an unprecedented opportunity to harness new technologies in order to help resolve boundary disputes. The South China Sea in Focus: Clarifying the Limits of Maritime Dispute uses these tools to provide a first and necessary step toward tackling the overlapping maritime disputes in the South China Sea: determining which waters are and are not in dispute under international law. The report opens with a set of geographic information system (GIS)–based maps that provide an easily understandable benchmark against which policymakers and academics can judge the claims and actions of the South China Sea claimants. More detailed color maps and methodological information follow for those who want to dig deeper into the claims and the report’s conclusions.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2013
Copyright Year: 2013
ISBN-Print: 978-1-4422-2485-8
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4422-2486-5
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 30
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Abbreviations and Acronyms No access
4. Executive Summary No access
1. Ambiguity: The Enemy of Progress No access
2. The Path Forward No access
1. The Textbook Version No access
2. Malaysia No access
3. The Philippines No access
4. Vietnam No access
5. China No access
6. Continental Shelves versus EEZs No access
1. Defining Islands No access
2. The Area of Legal Dispute No access
Conclusion No access Pages 21 - 26
Appendix: Classification of Islands and Rocks No access Pages 27 - 28
About the Author No access Pages 29 - 30