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International Straits: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Edited by Catherine Roche · Frédéric Davansant · Christophe Gibout · François H. Guiziou
New Arrival Brill Academic Publishers April 2026

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ISBN-13
9789004721395
Publisher
Brill Academic Publishers
Publication
April 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

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Around 90% of international trade (in terms of tonnage) is carried out by sea, and these flows use the many natural or man-made straits (maritime and transoceanic canals). As both transverse and longitudinal passageways, straits play a fundamental role in maritime relations. This book takes a multidisciplinary and international approach to the Straits: legal, geographical, historical, environmental, economic and geopolitical. It examines their functions and the issues associated with them, both now and in the past, using specific examples: Artics, Dover, Gibraltar, Hormuz, Kerch, Malacca, Messina, Oresund, etc.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and Euphemisms
Introduction: Prolegomena to a Multidisciplinary Reflection on Straits in a Changing World

Part 1 Straits: Centuries of Confrontation on the International Stage

Chapter 1 The Illusion of a Djiboutian Port Monopoly: History as an Analysis Tool for Trade Flows
Chapter 2 The Legal Régime of the Strait of Gibraltar: The Paradoxical Relevance of a Colonial Dispute
Chapter 3 Øresund: From Danish Medieval Tolls to Free Navigation
Chapter 4 Securing a Strait in Wartime: The Pas de Calais/Dover Strait during the First World War
Chapter 5 Kerch: A Navigation Route with an Uncertain Legal Status
Part 2 The Environmental Dimension of Straits
Chapter 6 Reflections on Article 43 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea
Chapter 7 Environmental Threats to Straits and International Canals
Chapter 8 Arctic Straits and Environmental Protection: Is Conciliation Reachable?
Chapter 9 The Diversity of Passage Regimes in the Mediterranean Straits: Environmental Consequences
Chapter 10 A Geopark across a Marine Strait: The Cross-Channel Geopark Project
Part 3 Navigation and Politics
Chapter 11 The Evolution of the Political Debate about the Arctic Passages
Chapter 12 The Strait of Malacca: An International Waterway and an Inland Sea?
Chapter 13 Freedom of Passage through Straits Used for International Navigation, with Particular Reference to the Strait of Hormuz
Chapter 14 Brexit and Its Impact on the European Flow System: Implications for the Dover Strait
Chapter 15 Ensuring Safe Navigation in the Strait of Messina: Current Issues
Index
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