Sam Bateman retired from the Royal Australian Navy as a Commodore (one-star) and is now a Professorial Research Fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

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• Table of ContentsAuthor’s BiographyList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter One – IntroductionAbstractIntroductionSetting the SceneSpecial FeaturesSovereignty DisputesDevelopment of the Freedoms of NavigationFreedoms of Navigation in East AsiaOutlineChapter Two – Navigational RegimesAbstractInnocent PassageTransit PassageArchipelagic Sea Lanes PassageNormal Mode of TransitConclusionChapter Three – Exclusive Economic Zone IssuesAbstractIntroductionDevelopment of the EEZ RegimeThe EEZ as International WatersVexed IssuesWay ForwardChapter Four – Building Understandings and ConfidenceAbstractDifferent PerspectivesConflicting Maritime StrategiesMaritime Confidence Building MeasuresAmbiguities and UncertaintiesU.S. Freedom of Navigation ProgramConclusionsFinal Thoughts

Sam Bateman retired from the Royal Australian Navy as a Commodore (one-star) and is now a Professorial Research Fellow at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security (ANCORS) at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

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• Table of ContentsAuthor’s BiographyList of Figures and TablesList of AbbreviationsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsChapter One – IntroductionAbstractIntroductionSetting the SceneSpecial FeaturesSovereignty DisputesDevelopment of the Freedoms of NavigationFreedoms of Navigation in East AsiaOutlineChapter Two – Navigational RegimesAbstractInnocent PassageTransit PassageArchipelagic Sea Lanes PassageNormal Mode of TransitConclusionChapter Three – Exclusive Economic Zone IssuesAbstractIntroductionDevelopment of the EEZ RegimeThe EEZ as International WatersVexed IssuesWay ForwardChapter Four – Building Understandings and ConfidenceAbstractDifferent PerspectivesConflicting Maritime StrategiesMaritime Confidence Building MeasuresAmbiguities and UncertaintiesU.S. Freedom of Navigation ProgramConclusionsFinal Thoughts