Claims to sovereignty over islands,rocks and low-tide elevations in the South China Sea

What is it about?

The objects of this article are to evaluate the rule of law and geoeconomics in claims by littoral states to islands,rocks and low-tide elevations in the South China Sea;to show that the historical and maritime claims intersect and collide;to evaluate the United States' involvement and the Thucydides trap;and to articulate the reasons why geoeconomics should guide not only the interpretation of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea 1982 (UNCLOS) but also state responses in terms of joint development and unilateral strategies.

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Why is it important?

The study about South China Sea will captivate readers' interests and add reference for legislators or government on their on-going debate on claims to sovereignty.