Scarborough Shoal : flashpoint for confrontation or opportunity for cooperation?

• Main Author: Beckman, Robert
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/94983; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8458
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The recent flare-up between the Philippines and China over Scarborough Shoal is a territorial sovereignty dispute, but it also raises issues relating to the interpretation and application of UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. The main issue is whether the two States can move beyond the current sta...