The maritime nations of South-East Asia have acquired a new significance with the discovery of substantial oil resources in the seabeds around their shores. This examination of the petroleum geology of the area analyzes the disputes--both actual and potential--that have arisen with respect to the local national interests and external powers such as India, Australia, and China.

South-East Asian Seas: Oil Under Troubled Waters: Hydrocarbon Potential, Jurisdictional Issues, and International Relations (Natural Resources of South-East Asia)

Science & Math

Valencia, Mark J.

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

Mark Valencia here provides a framework for developing multilateral regional maritime policy co-ordination in North-East Asia. The Maritime Region for North-East Asia is the first in-depth study applying international relations theory to maritime regime formation in North-East Asia, and the author is the first to propose detailed designs and characteristics for such regimes.

A Maritime Regime for North-East Asia

Business & Money

Economics

China and the South China Sea Disputes, the latest in the International Institute for Strategic Studies' Adelphi Papers series, provides the most up-to-date analysis of the political context for South China Sea issues--with a focus on China--and offers an assessment of the future. Mark Valencia analyses China's rhetoric, actions, and intent in the area, and reviews China's relations with the United States, ASEAN, and other claimants in the South China Sea.

China and the South China Sea Disputes (Adelphi Papers)

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

The Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI), launched initiated by US President Bush in May 2003, was designed to prevent elements of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) from reaching or leaving states or sub-state actors of proliferation concern. More than twenty countries now adhere to PSI principles.  Though the principal focus of the initiative is on North Korea, Japan and Singapore are the only active East Asian participants. Most WMD traffic moves by sea, and the focus of the PSI is on maritime interdictions and seizures. Although the PSI has had some significant successes, its aggressive promotion and implementation has been controversial. It has been criticised for lacking sufficient public accountability, stretching international law to the limits, undermining the UN system, potentially limited effectiveness and for being politically divisive. Moreover, Asian countries that are key to PSI's successful implementation - notably China, India, Indonesia and South Korea - have deferred active involvement despite US pressure The complexities of the post-Cold War security environment in East Asia make implementation of the PSI problematic. Against the background of China's rise, Japan's drive to become a 'normal' power and major-power competition for influence in Southeast Asia, maritime security issues are rising to the fore. Jurisdiction is creeping seawards while national threat perceptions as well as concepts of sovereignty are diverge, elevating maritime sensitivities.

The Proliferation Security Initiative (Adelphi series)

History

Military

Routledge

The South China Sea disputes continue to confuse and confound policymakers. All the countries bordering directly on this sea - China, Vietnam, Taiwan, the Philippines, Malaysia, and Brunei - have claimed some or all of the tiny, but strategically located, Spratly Islets and some or all of the maritime space and its resources. All of these claims have serious weaknesses under the principles of international law that govern these issues. This book offers several possible regional interim solutions to the South China Sea disputes. All of the national claims to both islands and ocean space in the region have weaknesses. An interim solution is urgently needed because the status quo is dangerous and unstable, because of unilateral actions by the claimants and continuing opportunities for involvement by outside powers. Division or allocation of the features and ocean space among the competing claimants seem unfeasible because of their sharp disagreements over the boundaries of the area in dispute as well as what would constitute an appropriate equitable division. The authors survey the principles that appear to guide the nations of the South China Sea region in their regional relations, and they identify the appropriate objectives of a regional resource authority. They also identify the political realities of the region, which serve as constraints on the design of a regime. The authors propose the creation of a regional multilateral resource management body as a solution to reduce the tension currently rife in the region. The options presented serve as illustrations designed to stimulate constructive discussion on a comprehensive multilateral interim solution to these difficult and dangerous disputes. Sharing the Resources of the South China Sea will be of interest to international decision-makers, negotiators, and academics desirous of a peaceful solution to these disputes.

Sharing the Resources of the South China Sea

Van Dyke, Jon M.

Ludwig, Noel A.

University of Hawaii Press

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