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OUT NOW Maritime Affairs Issue 12 | Making History, Making Archipelagos: A Parallel South China Sea Dispute by @alexpdelacruz.bsky.social looks at the relationship between the LOS Convention and the construction of historical narratives to support maritime claims.

Historical narratives have played a significant role in how states assert their rights and entitlements in the law of the sea before and after the adoption of the Convention.

Blue Security Maritime Fellow Dr Dela Cruz develops the argument by examining how states have deployed historical narratives in asserting the legal status of archipelagos. Download it here: www.latrobe.edu.au/__data/asset...