Sovereignty and the Sea: How Indonesia Became an Archi - 9789814722216

Name : Sovereignty and the Sea: How Indonesia Became an Archipelagic State_x000D__x000D_
Binding : Hardcover_x000D__x000D_
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Author : Butcher, John G.,Elson, R. E._x000D__x000D_
Publisher : National University of Singapore Press _x000D__x000D_
ISBN-13 : 9789814722216_x000D__x000D_
Language : English_x000D__x000D_
Pages : 560_x000D__x000D_
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Until the mid-1950s nearly all of the sea between the far-flung islands of the Indonesian archipelago was open to ships of all nationsbut in 1957the Indonesian government declared that it had absolute sovereignty over all the waters lying within straight baselines drawn between the outermost islands of Indonesia. In this single stepIndonesia made its lands and seas a unified entity for the first timea claim formally recognized in 1982 by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Sovereignty and the Sea explores how Indonesia succeeded in its extraordinary claim despite its low international profile. John G. Butcher and R. E. Elson reveal that at the heart of Indonesia's archipelagic campaign was a small group of Indonesian diplomats whose dogged persistencenegotiating skillsand willingness to make difficult compromises resulted in Indonesia becoming the greatest archipelagic state in the world.