Building Cooperation for Managing the South China Sea Without Strategic Trust

Sam Bateman

Asia and the Pacific Policy Studies from Crawford School of Public Policy, The Australian National University

Abstract: The ruling from the arbitral tribunal dealing with the case between China and the Philippines in the South China Sea provides opportunities for fresh approaches to building cooperation for managing the sea and activities within it. This cooperation is both a necessity and an obligation of the countries bordering the sea. However, obstacles remain, particularly the lack of trust between the various stakeholders in the sea and the way in which important areas for cooperation, such as fisheries management, environmental protection and marine scientific research, have been politicised to the extent that even cooperation in these areas cannot proceed without greater strategic trust. The objective of this paper is to put forward a set of policy implications from the ruling that might overcome these obstacles and allow the necessary cooperation to proceed despite the lack of strategic trust.

Keywords: South China Sea; arbitration ruling; maritime cooperation; trust; ASEAN (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 9 pages
Date: 2017-04-18
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Published in Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, May 2017, pages 251-259

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