By Jared Samuelson
Dr. Douglas Guilfoyle joins the program to discuss his paper in British Yearbook of International Law: “Litigation as Statecraft: Small States and the Law of the Sea.”
Douglas Guilfoyle is Professor of International Law and Security at the University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy. His principal areas of research are maritime security, the international law of the sea and international and transnational criminal law.
Download Sea Control 438 – Small States and the Law of the Sea with Dr. Douglas Guilfoyle
Links
1. “Litigation as Statecraft: Small States and the Law of the Sea,” Douglas Guilfoyle, British Yearbook of International Law, May 30, 2023.
2. Sea Control 178 – Lawfare at Sea with Dr. Jill Goldenziel, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, May 26, 2020.
3. Sea Control 224 – Clashes at Sea with Dr. Sara Mitchell, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, January 24, 2021.
4. Sea Control 213 – U.S. and Chinese South China Sea Legal Strategies with Dr. Krista Wiegand, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, November 29, 2020.
5. Sea Control 267 – Resolving Diego Garcia with Chirayu Thakkar, by Jared Samuelson, CIMSEC, August 8, 2021.
6. Dr. Douglas Guilfoyle’s Twitter Feed.
Jared Samuelson is Co-Host and Executive Producer of the Sea Control podcast. Contact him at Seacontrol@cimsec.org.
David Suchyta edited and produced this episode.
Small states and the law of the sea. The law of the sea are for small states only and not for the big state. The aggressive stance of China in the South China sea is in the open. A small nation’s survival or dependency on a big nation deters it to voice its concerns. Further law of the seas favour bigger nation in most of the situation. Small nations are duty-bound to go with the flow of the law of the sea. So in this world of multi-polar order they must stay with a dominant nation who can support in their development and sovereignty