A suit brought in the High Court of Singapore raised the question of the validity of Malaysia's baseline and territorial sea claims in the northern Malacca Strait. Malaysia's claims are invalid because it has breached both the 1958 Geneva Convention and the Vienna Law of Treaties Convention;...

Potential hydrocarbon-bearing areas in Southeast Asian seas with unresolved boundaries include the eastern Gulf of Thailand, the Natuna area, offshore Brunei, the Gulf of Tonkin, the Dangerous Ground, and the Timor Sea. Factors influencing consideration of joint jurisdiction and development...

As the Cambodian issue moves towards resolution, the conflict potential in Southeast Asia is moving seaward. Vietnam plays a significant role in the political affairs of the region and is the common factor in and the key to the resolution of many of the region's maritime disputes. With extension...

Several significant international incidents in Asian exclusive economic zones (EEZs) have underscored the ambiguity and lack of agreement regarding the regime governing foreign military activities in coastal States' EEZs. A group of senior officials and analysts participated in their personal...

Military intelligence gathering activities in the EEZs are becoming more controversial and more dangerous due to increasing and changing demands for technical intelligence; robust weapons and electronic warfare; and widespread development of information warfare capabilities. There is agreement that...

Maritime issues have risen to the forefront of current Asian security concerns. In particular, military and intelligence gathering activities in foreign exclusive economic zones (EEZs) remain controversial. Exacerbating factors include advancing military and intelligence technology, a growing...

This paper chronicles and analyzes the political dispute that resulted when Russia gave South Korea permission to fish for saury in the Kurile area disputed by Russia and Japan. The dispute became a three-sided diplomatic wrangle and threatened to disrupt relations between the countries...

North and South Korea have clashed twice over their boundary in the Yellow (West) Sea. The issue is quite complicated, resulting from differences over the validity of the Northern Limit Line (NLL) and the appropriate maritime boundary, exacerbated by competition for valuable blue crab. This...