Title
Legal Dimensions of Maritime Military Conflicts in East Asia
Abstract
China’s sweeping territorial claims in the South China Sea has continued to drive tensions in the region with its Southeast Asian neighbors, namely Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Kevin Kelly, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and a retired Navy Reserve officer specializing in military operational law and international law issues, unpacked this territorial dispute from the perspective of maritime law.
This event was presented in partnership with the East Asian Legal Studies Center (EALSC).
Biography
Kevin M. Kelly has been on the Law School staff since 1998. He was appointed an Assistant Dean in 2000 and an Associate Dean in 2010. He is the senior Associate Dean at the Law School.
He holds a B.S. with honors in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, where he studied European History & Diplomacy and earned the Certificate in Russian Area Studies. He received his J.D. with honors from the University of Wisconsin, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Wisconsin Law Review.