碩士 / 國立中興大學 / 國際政治研究所 / 98 / The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) came into force in 1994, and thereafter the reallocation of the global maritime rights, interests and delimitation has entered a whole new era. The conventional configurations, which used to define waters off the territorial sea as the high seas, were totally subverted. New rounds of “blue enclosure movement” and competitions on maritime rights and interests among states have risen. Although Okinotorishima consists of two eroding protrusions no larger than king-size beds, almost unheard-of for the masses, many diplomatic as well as military tugs of war over the past few years have begun to draw international attention. Taiwan, having confronted with Japan’s detentions of fishing vessels in the adjacent waters of Okinotorishima, shall not overlook this issue.
Okinotorishima, protrusions threatened by submersion in the Pacific Ocean as sea level rises, can neither sustain human habitation nor economic life of its own. However, noting that the Government of Japan has poured huge amount of money, resorting to various measures with earnestness to these remote, tiny piece of lands so as to establish them in accordance with the UNCLOS definition of “islands,” this dissertation analyzes the importance of Okinotorishima to observe Japan’s deliberations in processing the islandization in light of maritime interests, economic concerns, diplomacy and military tactics. Moreover, this research examines Japan’s ocean policy, focusing the development and the implementation of Japan’s policy on the islandization of Okinotorishima. Disputes instigated from the islandization of Okinotorishima, regarded as a potential flash point by relevant states in the Asian-Pacific region, are also inclusive for further discussion.
The East China Sea has already become a major scene for international politics and military contention due to its abundant stocks of marine resources, while Okinotorishima and its adjacent waters are of the potential to become the next focus of international political tugs of war. The existence of Okinotorishima is a major national interest which hinders Japan from forsaking the entitlement to its surrounding exclusive economic zone proactively or lightly. Hence, Japan will undoubtedly continue its policy on the islandization of Okinotorishima in persistence, eventually giving rise to further escalation of tension among the states on respective assertions of rights over the disputed waters.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/098NCHU5692019 |
| Date | January 2010 |
| Creators | Ming-Hung Hsieh, 謝銘宏 |
| Contributors | 宋燕輝 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 175 |
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