Restrictions on Foreign Military Activities in the Exclusive Economic Zone: Major Powers’ ‘Lawfare’
MAJ Chuah, Meng Soon
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In this article, the author first defines and explains the concept of the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in the context of the United Nations Conference on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). He elaborates on the regional examples of restrictions declared and imposed by coastal states and also discusses the impact on traditional naval freedom of navigation due to these restrictions. The author concludes that the provisions in UNCLOS have been decisively clear that the EEZ was conceptualised to be exclusively for the coastal states in the realm of economic utilisation. He adds that disagreements will continue in the debate of UNCLOS between maritime powers and coastal states as long as fundamental interests are at play and that the seas remained important as have been decisively clear that the EEZ was conceptualised to be exclusively for the coastal states in the realm of economic utilisation. He adds that disagreements will continue in the debate of UNCLOS between maritime powers and coastal states as long as fundamental interests are at play and that the seas remained important as a vital source of assets and a battle-ground for geopolitics.
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Pointer Vol. 42, No. 1
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Pointer Article ; Vol. 42, No. 1
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English
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129552