Category: law of the sea

Law of the Sea Court Ruling Continues to Challenge Chinese Aggression

Commentary On July 12, 2016, The Hague’s Permanent Court of Arbitration ruled that China had systematically violated essential provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, or the UNCLOS, at the expense of the Philippines. China’s violations included stealing resources from Manila’s maritime Exclusive Economic Zone, or EEZ, and illegally encroaching…


Alex Gray: The CCP’s Pacific Island Aggression and How the US Coast Guard Can Play a Major Role

Mr. Alexander B. Gray is a senior fellow of the Air Force Personnel Center with expertise in the Pacific Islands and the polar regions. He was most recently the chief of staff of the National Security Council at the White House and the deputy assistant to former President Donald Trump. We discuss how the Chinese…