【Scott Cheney-Peters | Asia】Asia’s Maritime Disputes 101: A Legal Primer 詳見: glocal.org.hk/archives/41098 “Words have meanings.” It’s easy to dismiss this statement as a truism. But words – and their meanings – do hold particular import in the multi-layered realm of maritime territorial disputes, where the distinction between a rock and an island can mean the difference between hundreds of square miles of Exclusive Economic Zone. At times, usage of words has itself opened new fronts in conflicts, as nationalist fights over names of bodies of waters in textbooks have shown. Those wishing to understand and accurately describe maritime Asia’s long-standing territorial disputes must wade through a colorful and evolving vocabulary. So, in an effort to help bring clarity to the lexicon we offer this guide to common terms in use. #ScottCheneyPeters
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 05:00:55 +0000
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