Use Maritime-Law Trends to Offset Beijing's Gains in the South China Sea

With few exceptions, only the exercise of port state jurisdiction, or some other territorially-based jurisdiction, could empower a state to board a ship. [...]far-flung regulators increasingly dictate what happens aboard vessels, regardless of whether the vessels are on the high seas, in innocent pa...

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Published inDefense One
Main Author Perry, Timothy
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Washington Government Executive Media Group 24.07.2018
Subjects
Exclusive economic zone
International law
International organizations
Jurisdiction
Maritime law
National security
Territorial waters
Trends
South China Sea
United States > US
China
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Summary:With few exceptions, only the exercise of port state jurisdiction, or some other territorially-based jurisdiction, could empower a state to board a ship. [...]far-flung regulators increasingly dictate what happens aboard vessels, regardless of whether the vessels are on the high seas, in innocent passage, or in a foreign port. [...]the long-term trends tend to undermine the importance of such territorially-based control. [...]one offset method would be to acknowledge, harness, and potentially accelerate these trends.
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