Sunday, August 3, 2025

New Issue: Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy

The latest issue of the Asia-Pacific Journal of Ocean Law and Policy (Vol. 10, no. 1, 2025) is out. Contents include:
  • Commentary
    • Clive Schofield, New Diplomatic Notes, Same Old Story in the South China Sea?
  • Articles
    • Sabrina Hasan, Challenges to the Coastal State Jurisdiction over Maritime Autonomous Surface Ships under unclos
    • Mehmet H M Bektaş & Fatih Bilal Gökpinar, Flexing the Statehood Criteria for the Island States Threatened by Sea Level Rise: A Sisyphean Task?
    • Peidong Yang, Where Should China Coast Guard Go? Developments and Future of China Coast Guard Reform
    • Hao Duy Phan & Yen Hoang Tran, Limitations and Exceptions to unclos Compulsory Dispute Settlement Regime: Implications for Maritime Disputes and the South China Sea
    • Matteo Bedendi, ‘Schrödinger’s Areas’: The Legal Status of Areas under Submission Before the clcs and the Role of the isa
    • Dieu-My Tran, Strategic Use of the Maritime Militia in the South China Sea – The Case of Vietnam
    • Xiaoyi Jiang & Zipeng Huang, Improving the Management of Blue Carbon Resources through Marine Protected Areas in China under Carbon Neutrality
    • Haoyu Tian & Jianping Guo, Japan’s Release of Nuclear Contaminated Water: Examination under Due Diligence Obligation to Protect and Preserve the Marine Environment
    • Lowell Bautista & Jonalyn Villasante, Aligning National Law with UNCLOS: The Legal and Strategic Significance of the Philippine Maritime Zones Act
    • Muhammad Farhad Hosen & Lowell Bautista, Bangladesh’s 2024 Offshore Bidding Round: A Critical Evaluation of International Oil and Gas Companies’ Non-Participation amid Regulatory and Political Instability
    • Leonardo Bernard, Maritime Joint Development between China and Indonesia: A Statement with Diplomatic Rather than Legal Substance?