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[Dr Xudong Zhang is a lecturer at the School of Law, Shanghai Maritime University] From the South China Sea to the East China Sea, Asia's waters are witnessing an unprecedented intertwining of fisheries and geopolitics. When Chinese fishing vessels are detained by Japan's Fisheries Agency in waters off southwest Nagasaki prefecture, when the Korea Coast Guard uses force against Chinese fishing...

[Metra Mehran, is an activist from Afghanistan, member of the End Gender Apartheid Campaign and Afghanistan Advocacy Specialist at Amnesty International.  Venesa Sulimani is a survivor-led advocate from Kosovo, advancing accountability for conflict-related sexual and other gender-based violence and mental health awareness.] Last week, we sat in the United Nations in New York as preparations began on what could become the first global...