The US “Excessive Maritime Claims”: A Critical Analysis

• 来源期刊: 中国国际问题研究
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（6）
• 页码范围: 140-160
• 页数: 21页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

Since the Freedom of Navigation Program was proposed in 1979,1successive governments of the United States have continued to strengthen their position through a series of official documents,put forward the so-called “excessive maritime claims” theory and,in practice,took the “two-pronged approach,” using both diplomatic channels and regular “Freedom of Navigation operations” to protest and challenge other countries' “excessive maritime claims.” It has been proved that this set of theories and practices of the United States,which is not a party to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea,cannot really maintain the authority and integrity of the Convention.