International law concerning maritime boundary dispute resolution reflects normative aspirations for peacefully managing some of the most intractable challenges in foreign affairs.

James Kraska is Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law and Chairman of the Stockton Center for International Law at the United States Naval War College

Heecheol Yang is Director-General of the Ocean Law and Policy Institute, Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology

. International Law Frameworks

1. David Ong, Discerning the International Legal Threshold for Sovereignty over Islands: Implications for Judicial Settlement of International Disputes
2. Alexander Proelss, Implicit Territoriality and Renvoi Clauses: Challenges to the Regime for the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes under the Law of the Sea Convention
3. Danae Azaria, The Relevance of Extraneous Rules of International Law for the Judicial Settlement of Disputes under the Law of the Sea Convention
4. Jay Batongbacal, Exploring the Intersections between Aerospace Law and the Law of the Sea

II. Models for Managing and Resolving Disputes

5. Clive Schofield, Options to Avoid Conflicts over Island Sovereignty
6. Seokwoo Lee, Building the Framework on Peace in the Waters around the Five Islands in the West Sea of Korea
7. Stuart Kaye, Conciliation in International Dispute Resolution: An Evaluation of the Timor Sea Dispute

III. Approaches to the Disputes over the Paracel Islands

8. Bill Hayton, Claim-making in the Paracel Islands 1802-1936
9. Raul (Pete) Pedrozo, Vietnam's Indisputable Sovereignty over the Paracel Islands

IV. Regional Dynamics and International Law

10. Alfred Gerstl, Malaysia, the Philippines, and China: The Belt and Road Initiative as a Failed Driver for Constructive Relations
11. James Kraska, Deterrence and Compliance in East Asia's Maritime Order