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Freedoms of Navigation in the Asia-Pacific Region

Strategic, Political and Legal Factors

Sam Bateman

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English
Routledge
17 September 2019
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 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.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 216mm,  Width: 138mm, 
Weight:   390g
ISBN:   9780367189730
ISBN 10:   0367189739
Series:   Routledge Research on the Law of the Sea
Pages:   106
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Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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

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.

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