At a Jakarta Conference, Two Maritime Orders Collide

Who claims what

• —The Jakarta conference highlighted contrasting legalistic and relationalist approaches to disputes in the South China Sea. (per source class B reporting)
• —The debate over legalistic versus relationalist approaches in maritime disputes is identified as a major fault line in regional maritime orders. (per source class B reporting)

Our assessment

If the reported claims reflect actual dynamics in regional decision-making, businesses and supply-chain actors might experience increasing uncertainty in dispute resolution methods across the South China Sea. Divergent interpretations of maritime order could affect legal predictability, heighten regulatory complexity,…