Indonesia’s Delimited Maritime Boundaries

Professor Dr V.L. Forbes is author of a number of books - The Maritime Boundaries of the Indian Ocean Region (SUP, 1995), and Conflict and Cooperation in Managing Resources in Semi-Enclosed Sea, (SUP, 2001) - atlases and has been consulted on matters relating to maritime and terrestrial boundaries in the Indian Ocean Region and South East Asia and has appeared as a witness at Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Sessions for the Australian Federal Senate in relation to the delimitation of Australia's maritime boundaries with Indonesia in 1997 and East Timor in 2002. He has presented on an annual basis (since September 2002) Workshops on maritime boundary delimitation in China, Indonesia and Malaysia and archival research issues at the Maritime Institute of Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur. He has offered technical advice and attended and presented several research papers at Conferences, Seminars, publication of Occasional Papers, Indonesia's Maritime Boundaries (1995) compiling and publishing two atlases: Atlas of Malaysia's Maritime Space (1998) and Malaysia's Maritime Realm (2008), articles for MIMA Bulletin and facilitating Workshops on the cartographic aspects and geographical concepts of maritime boundary delimitation and archival research on terrestrial and maritime boundary issues.

Acknowledgments.- Foreword.- Preface.- Chapter 1: The Study in Context.- Chapter 2: Legal Framework: Rationale for Maritime Jurisdictional Claims.- Chapter 3: Indonesia's Delimited Maritime Boundaries.- Chapter 4: Indonesia's Potential Maritime Boundaries.- Chapter 5: Conclusion.- Appendix.

"This volume is an important contribution to the scholarly academic literature regarding maritime boundary delimitation. It also affirms the timely and indispensible role the rule of law could, and should, play in conflict resolution and preventive diplomacy throughout the world in general and in the South China Sea in particular. ... This volume should be of particular interest to those with an interest in maritime boundaries, conflict resolution, and ASEAN countries." (Richard Kyle Paisley, Pacific Affairs, Vol. 89 (4), December, 2016)