Answer:
The proliferation of tiny island countries that are recognized as sovereign states causes issues to arise about the Law of the Sea and its 200-nautical-mile limits.
Explanation:
An island state is a state that consists of one or more islands or parts of islands and does not belong to any part of the land area of a continent. Of the 195 sovereign states in the world recognized by the United Nations, 46, around a quarter, are island states.
These states, many times, are almost minuscule in size; This is especially the case with the nations of the Caribbean or the Pacific Ocean, such as Tuvalu (27 km2), Nauru (21 km2) or Aruba (180 km2). These countries, given the current regulations of international law, then have a maritime zone that is much larger than their territory. Therefore, the legislation that establishes 200 miles of exclusive economic zone is put into discussion, based on these specific cases.
