WPS claimants can learn from Arctic dispute

FINDING a solution to territorial disputes in the West Philippines Sea (South China Sea) has remained elusive and despite the available judicial solution there has been no breakthrough achieved on the issue. An international expert expressed belief there may be lessons to be learned from another dispute case on the other side of the planet.

Ian Storey, senior fellow at the Institute for Southeast Asian Studies in Singapore cited the case of the Artic Ocean where five countries currently have coast in the Artic and each is limited to an exclusive economic zone (EEZ) of 200 nautical miles adjacent to their coasts.