Text
Maritime Power And The Law Of The Sea
Maritime Power and the Law of the Sea by James Kraska analyzes the strategic relationship between naval force projection and the international legal framework governing the oceans, particularly the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Kraska demonstrates that the law of the sea is not merely a mechanism for environmental governance or resource management, but a critical arena of geopolitical competition that directly impacts national security and global military operations. The book examines how major maritime powers—most notably the United States—rely on traditional freedoms of navigation to preserve global reach, while simultaneously facing challenge from coastal states asserting excessive maritime claims. These coastal state restrictions increasingly attempt to limit foreign military activities within Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and strategic straits.
No other version available