James Kraska, S.J.D., is the Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law, US Naval War College and Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization, Harvard Law School.Ronán Long, Ph.D., is the Director of the WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University.Myron Nordquist, S.J.D., is a Distinguished Fellow, Stockton Center for International Law, US Naval War College.

• PrefaceAcknowledgementList of IllustrationsNotes on ContributorsFeatured Papers1 Tribute to Ambassador Satya N. NandanMyron H. Nordquist2 Reflections on Peaceful Maritime Engagement in East Asia and the Pacific RegionShunji Yanai3 The Legal Regime of the Deep Seabed as a Paradigm for Global Governance of Natural ResourcesMichael W. Lodge4 International Law MakingRüdiger Wolfrum5 Governance of Marine Biodiversity beyond National Jurisdiction: Searching for Sustainable Solutions in the Southeast PacificRonán Long and Mariamalia Rodríguez Chaves6 Our Manifold but Common Maritime OrderAtsuko KaneharaPart 1Baselines and Archipelagic States7 Archipelagic Atoll States and Sea Level RiseClive Schofield and David Freestone8 Archipelagic Spratlys: China’s Desperate Attempt to Preserve Expansionist Policy?Henry S. Bensurto Jr.9 China’s Excessive Straight Baselines ClaimsJames Kraska10 Revisiting the Legal Status of Dependent Archipelagic Waters from First PrinciplesRichard Barnes11 Straight or Archipelagic Baseline with Respect to Offshore Archipelago?Dai TamadaPart 2Navigation Rights/Law Enforcement12 The Applicability of Human Rights Treaties in Maritime Law EnforcementDavid S. Goddard13 Navigation Rights and Law Enforcement: An Australian PerspectiveDavid Letts14 Do We Still Need an ‘Expansionist/Revisionist’ Theory of Self-Defense at Sea?Kyo Arai15 In Quest of the Optimal Legal Framework for Maritime Law Enforcement against Foreign State Vessels in the Territorial SeaMasahiro KurosakiPart 3Arctic Shipping16 Governance Considerations on Low Impact Corridors in Canadian Arctic WatersAldo Chircop17 Navigational Rights and the Coastal State’s Jurisdiction in the Northern Sea RouteKentaro Wani18 The Role of East Asian Port States in Addressing Ship-Source Pollution in Arctic ShippingZhen SunPart 4East China Sea Maritime Boundaries19 The Quest for a Win-Win Solution in the Delimitation of Continental Shelf in the East China Sea: An Irreconcilable Conflict between China and Japan?Hironobu Sakai20 State Practice as a Factor Impacting Potential East China Sea BoundariesStuart Kaye21 asean and Peaceful Management of Maritime Disputes in the South China SeaRobert Beckman and Vu Hai DangPart 5Preservation of the Marine Environment, Including the Hazard of Plastic Debris22 Designing an International Instrument for Combating Marine Plastic PollutionTomofumi Kitamura23 Common But Differentiated Responsibilities as a Guiding Principle towards a Potential International Treaty on Plastic and Marine LitterAleke Stöfen-O’Brien24 Implications of a New Treaty for Marine Biodiversity for the Asia-Pacific RegionJoanna MossopPart 6Issues Arising Out of Climate Change25 The bbnj Agreement: Strengthening the Oceans-Climate Nexus?Karen N. Scott26 Regime Interaction between the Law of the Sea and Climate Change LawNaoki IwatsukiIndex