North-South Perspectives on Marine Policy by Michael A. Morris

North-South Perspectives on Marine Policy by Michael A. Morris

Author:Michael A. Morris [Morris, Michael A.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780367014117
Google: BKGLxgEACAAJ
Goodreads: 49496930
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Published: 2019-06-17T11:41:56+00:00


Southeast Asian Countries

There are differing definitions of what constitutes Southeast Asia. In this paper the following countries are included: Brunei, Burma, Indonesia, Kampuchea, Laos, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam (see Map 7.1). These 10 nations can be divided into four distinct classes from the standpoint of marine policy.

1) The archipelagic states of the Philippines and Indonesia are entitled to claim the waters between their numerous islands as well as territorial seas and exclusive economic zones (EEZs) measured to a distance of 200 nautical miles seaward from straight baselines connecting the outermost extremities of the islands.2

2) States with long coastlines and relatively distant neighbors are able to claim large EEZs.3 In Southeast Asia, the best example is Vietnam. To a more limited degree Malaysia qualifies as well, although lines of equidistance must be drawn with Indonesia and Vietnam in the South China Sea and with Indonesia in the Strait of Malacca.

3) States with severely limited EEZs include Kampuchea, with its short coastline and neighboring Vietnam and Thailand on the Gulf of Thailand, and Thailand itself, which must share waters with Vietnam and Kampuchea in the Gulf of Thailand and with Indonesia and India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) in the Andaman Sea.

4) The final classification is that of mini-states, such as Brunei and Singapore, which are restricted from claiming sizeable EEZs due primarily



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