Zhen Sun is an Associate Professor (Research/Ocean Sustainability, Governance & Management) at WMU-Sasakawa Global Ocean Institute, World Maritime University. She obtained her degrees in both China and the United Kingdom, including a PhD from the University of Cambridge. Before joining WMU, Zhen was a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore. She is actively engaged in teaching, supervision, multidisciplinary research and capacity-development programmes. Zhen has worked on a wide range of subjects in the law of the sea and ocean governance, and collaborated with academics, practitioners, officials from government agencies and international organizations.

• 1. Introduction; Part I. The Development and Status of the Exclusive Economic Zone: 2. Origins and evolution of the exclusive Economic Zone; 3. The exclusive economic zone in the United Nations Convention on the Law of the sea; Part II. Competing Uses of the EEZ: 4. The impact of Coastal State's Rights on the navigational freedoms; 5. Coastal State rights and the freedom of the laying of submarine cables and pipelines; Part III. Resolving Conflicts Regarding Unattributed Rights and Jurisdiction in the Exclusive Economic Zone: 6. Military activities; 7. Maritime security; 8. Underwater Archaeological and historical objects; 9. General conclusions; Index.