I'm glad to join the int-boundaries. Now I work as researcher of Korea
Maritime Institute, especially concerned in the Korean Maritime Boundary
Project and have a plan to take the course of Ph.D in Foreign Institute.

Last year,I submitted thesis under the title of " A study of Considerations
Procedures for Resolving Conflicts of U.S.-Russian Ocean Interests in the
Delimitation of the Maritime Boundaryin the Bering Strait (1981-90)".
Its abstract is as follows.

While writing my thesis, I met with a lot of problems locating research
materials I had to find out via the internet, searching foreign websites
on the related area.

At that time, I came to know "IBRU" And I would like to give thanks to
Mr.Martin Pratt, who gave me help to do that.


Abstract;
A study of Considerations Procedures for Resolving Conflicts of U.S.-
Russian Ocean Interests in the Delimitation of the Maritime Boundary in the
Bering Strait (1981-90)


          In June 1990 the United States and the Soviet Union signed an
agreement on their maritime boundary. It is the line of article 1 of the
1867 Convention on the cession of Alaska instead of eqidistance line, which
is the general principle of maritime boundary delimitation. The Soviet
Union dropped its claim to continental shelf area east of the 1867 line in
order to obtain the United States' agreement over the compensation for the
EEZ area, thus securing a compromise to reach an agreement. The Soviet
Union's proposals acted as 'trade-off' for the negotiation on formal talks.

         Regarding on the non-existing principle on extensive international
law, which could applied the method of maritime boundary delimitation, the
adoption of 1867 line do not incompatible with the whole international law
system. That is, the nature of 'Anarchical System' in international
community has quite similar attributes on historical aspect in
international maritime boundary relations and the dominant new
international order based on the end of Cold War influenced a lot by the
time of the 1990 Agreement's negotiation. And the 1990 agreement left as
the precedent of international law on EEZ sovereign rights and fishery
enforcement, related on the sovereign rights and EEZ jurisdictions of above
200 nautical miles.

 During the negotiation for ten years (1981-90), it is the
periods of political Cold War between the United States and Soviet Union
and the New Detente. And in 1990, just before the breakup of the Soviet
Union, they come to reach agreement as a result of the new Post Cold War
mood. That is to say, the cooperations between countries assume as an
aspect, on the common purpose and relations of interests on conflict or
replenishment.