{"title":"The South China Sea Arbitration Decision and a Plan for Peaceful Resolution of the Disputes","authors":"T. Schoenbaum","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2931150","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2931150","url":null,"abstract":"After the Philippines contested Chinese claims and actions in the South China Sea, a five-man panel of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in 2016 handed down a judgment that is surely the most important set of jurisprudential rulings in the modern history of the international law of the sea. The tribunal's judgment provides convincing interpretations of many UNCLOS articles that are important, not only in the context of the South China Sea, but generally in other maritime areas as well. The tribunal's judgment enhances freedom of navigation in ocean areas and provides guidelines for enforcing international law to protect the marine environment. \u0000But the tribunal's judgment is unlikely to have much effect with regard to settlement of the South China Sea disputes. Although China technically is bound by the judgments of the tribunal, China did not participate in the proceeding and will never expressly affirm the rulings' correctness. The paper puts forth a three-point plan to allow China to save face in this controversy. It is hoped that taking these steps the tribunal's important rulings may be accepted for what they are—the basis for a settlement of the South China Sea controversy.","PeriodicalId":106511,"journal":{"name":"AARN: Peace & Reconciliation (Sub-Topic)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129968685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Rebuilding Afghanistan: The Resurgent Role of India","authors":"V. Singhal","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2400093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2400093","url":null,"abstract":"Sustainable peace in Afghanistan requires regional economic transformation, which will provide alternative forms of livelihood and promote accountability. It is hoped that all of Afghanistan’s neighbours will abide by the Kabul Declaration and avoid interference in its internal affairs. The aim should be as President Karzai rightly observed, to create a region that is free of terrorism, extremism and backwardness. The significance of Indo-Afghan cooperation in various fields needs to be overstressed.","PeriodicalId":106511,"journal":{"name":"AARN: Peace & Reconciliation (Sub-Topic)","volume":"40 12","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2014-02-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132433009","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dynamics and Time Scope of Post War Recovery Required for Compensating Civil War Economic Losses","authors":"C. Nam, J. Schumacher","doi":"10.2139/ssrn.2317226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2317226","url":null,"abstract":"Civil war is often caused by poverty, and further demolishes existing capital. Such a vicious circle is detrimental for economic development of countries experiencing civil war. Civil war may also contribute to creative destructions of traditional economic, social and political system, leading to a more rapid post-war growth. Until now little research exists tackling problems whether and how rapidly civil war victims recover from such negative events in the sense economic losses are reversed. Based on a present value model this study estimates dynamics and time scopes of post-war recovery required for compensating civil war GDP losses in several countries.","PeriodicalId":106511,"journal":{"name":"AARN: Peace & Reconciliation (Sub-Topic)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-08-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126634731","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}