After South China Sea Ruling – Good Fences or Good Neighbours: Implications for Maritime Boundaries

• Main Author: Bateman, Sam
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Conflict and Stability; East Asia and Asia Pacific
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82129; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41151
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The 12 July 2016 arbitral tribunal ruling in The Hague has specified that there are no islands in the Spratly group capable of generating a full set of maritime zones. This has theoretically helped agreement on maritime boundaries in the South China Sea but many problems still remain.