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Call for Papers

Cooperation in Dealing with Non-Traditional Security Issues in the South China Sea: Seeking More Effective Means

Haikou, China

20-22 May 2010

The International Conference on “Cooperation in Dealing with Non-Traditional Security Issues in the South China Sea: Seeking More Effective Means” will be held jointly by the National Institute for the South China Sea Studies (NISCS) and the Lancashire Law School of the University of Central Lancashire from 20 to 22 May 2010 in Haikou City, China. It will provide scholars and policy-makers an opportunity to assess and examine the non-traditional security issues in the South China Sea in interdisciplinary (including historical, legal and political) perspectives and to seek a more effective way of tackling them in the future; to discuss and explore more feasible areas of cooperation as expressed in international documents such as the 1982 UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and the 2002 Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea. Scholars from Australia, Canada, the U.S., European and Southeast Asian countries will attend the Conference.

Topics of Interest

To achieve the objectives of the Conference, authors are invited to submit papers which cover one of the following topic areas including:

1.        Regional cooperation and joint development;

2.        Safety of navigation and security of sea lanes;

3.        Prevention and suppression of piracy and maritime terrorism;

4.        Sustainable management of marine resources;

5.        Marine Environmental Protection;

6.        Marine scientific research;

Guidelines for Paper Presenters

1.        The length of the paper proposal is between 300 and 500 words.

2.        The length of the conference paper, including footnotes, should be between 6,000 and 9,000 words.

3.        The references should be complete: name of author/s, publication year, title of the article/book/journal, place of publication, and publisher.

4.        Figures, graphs and tables can be included if necessary.

5.        The main text should be typed in fond or times 12, double-spaced.

6.        All papers should be accompanied by an abstract of 100 words.

7.        Authors should submit their brief biography together with the abstract.

8.        The papers should follow the following structure in exact sequence: title of the paper, name of the author(s), abstract, main text, references, and/or appendices, if necessary.

9.        On the cover, the author should indicate the following information: Country, Title of Paper, Name and Designation of the Presenter (e.g. Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr., Prof., Prof. Dr., etc.), Institution or Agency, Contact Information (i.e. mailing address, telephone and fax numbers, e-mail, and/or website).

10.    All submissions are preferably sent via email.

11.    Papers to be delivered to the conference will be selected for publication after the conference.

Working language: English

Deadlines:

Paper proposals: by 25 March 2010

Acceptance of paper proposals: by 31 March 2010

Submission of conference papers: by 30 April 2010

Submission and Correspondence:

Ms Jianwei Li

Conference Coordinator

China National Institute for South China Sea Studies

Haikou, Hainan, China

Tel: 0086-898-65342360

Fax: 0086-898-65333304

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