Opinion | In Asia-Pacific, the real maritime contest is over satellite surveillance
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“The real maritime contest in Asia-Pacific is over satellite surveillance”
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No relevant evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about satellite surveillance being the primary maritime contest in the Asia-Pacific.
“States’ ability to exercise territorial rights is increasingly mediated by their access to satellite data and analytics”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about satellite data influencing territorial rights enforcement.
“Control of the seas has long defined power in the Asia-Pacific”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the historical claim about maritime control defining power in the Asia-Pacific.
“The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) governs maritime zones but does not address control over maritime data infrastructure”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about UNCLOS not addressing maritime data infrastructure.
“States are investing in technologies that let them observe maritime activity in near real time”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about states investing in real-time maritime monitoring technologies.
“A small number of technologically advanced actors dominate the infrastructure of satellite constellations, data platforms, and analytical tools”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about a few entities dominating satellite surveillance infrastructure.
“Coastal states in Southeast Asia and the Pacific depend on external systems for maritime awareness”
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Wikipedia entries about the Asia-Pacific and Southeast Asia provide geographical context but do not address whether coastal states rely on external systems for maritime awareness.
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— The Asia-Pacific (APAC), also known as the Indo-Pacific, is a major geopolitical and economic region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean and comprising the part of the Old World located o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia-Pacific
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia-Pacific
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— Mainland Southeast Asia (historically known as Indochina and the Indochinese Peninsula) is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland Chin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Southeast_Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainland_Southeast_Asia
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— Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of mainland Australia, which …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeast_Asia
“A distinction is emerging between legal sovereignty and informational sovereignty”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about a distinction between legal and informational sovereignty.
“Vessel movements can be tracked, behavioural patterns analysed, and anomalies detected long before any patrol vessel is deployed”
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No evidence found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm or refute the claim about pre-deployment anomaly detection in maritime monitoring.
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