| ID | 106358 |
| Title Proper | Maritime boundary disputes in East Asia |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Manicom, James |
| Publication | 2011. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The impact of climate change on the circumpolar north has raised the profile of the Arctic Ocean to coastal states and presents serious foreign policy challenges. Chief among these is the pending delimitation dispute over the extended continental shelf between Canada, Denmark, the United States, and Russia. While delimitation disputes are not new to Arctic states, extended continental shelf claims are complicated by the existence of multiple claimants and a still developing international legal regime. To inform policymakers about what to expect from overlapping claims to disputed maritime areas, this paper draws comparative lessons for Arctic policymakers based on East Asia's experience responding to overlapping jurisdictional entitlements created by the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). East Asian states have been grappling with the challenge presented by overlapping claims to resource-rich seabeds since the region ratified UNCLOS in the mid-late 1990s. In light of similar geographic conditions (a dispute over a semi-enclosed sea), alliance structures and the relative infancy of the claimant states with UNCLOS entitlements-Canada only ratified the treaty in 2003, and the United States has yet to do so-this paper sets out the case that important comparative lessons can be drawn from the East Asian experience with maritime delimitation disputes. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Studies Perspectives Vol. 12, No. 3; Aug 2011: p.327-340 |
| Journal Source | International Studies Perspectives Vol. 12, No. 3; Aug 2011: p.327-340 |
| Key Words | Arctic ; Maritime Boundary Dispute ; East Asia ; National Identity ; Resource Wars |