MARITIME SILK ROAD IN SCS: ROAD BLOCK III. US’s pivot to Asia,by President Obama referring to himself as “America’s first Pacific president.” In reality the US is not returning to Asia because they never truly left: have maintained a forward military, political and economic presence in Asia as since the Second World War. In short, they have pursued a political and economic open door policy. However, the UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea) has regulated many aspects of naval interstate behaviour, but it is silent on the matter of military operations in a foreign state’s EEZ (exclusive economic zone), leaving it to state practice and subsequent developments in customary law. Early 2013, China’s navy conducted operations inside US EEZ, however it is unclear if it was a mere one time indiscretion or an indication of a policy change. The SCS however is not only a matter of the US and China working it out, but of how the claimant states react to their respective behaviors.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 15:17:21 +0000
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