Pacific Ocean Boundary Problems:Status and Solutions

This work presents an in-depth analysis of the most complex of the many ocean boundary delimitation problems confronting neighboring states in the Pacific region. In each case the various factors influencing the parties to the dispute are examined in detail and alternative diplomatic options are compared.

<p class=copymedium>Special emphasis is given to the problems of Southeast Asia, East Asia, and the Northeast Pacific, but regional developments in the Southwest Pacific and the Central and Southeast Pacific are also discussed.

<p class=copymedium>The authors, who are prominent specialists in the field of ocean policy studies place their factor-and-option analysis of these difficult disputes within a multidisciplinary, `functionalist' framework, and offer some original proposals for innovative ocean diplomacy that now seem realistic in light of recent improvements in the international political arena.