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Contemporary Practice of the United States Relating to International Law

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Kristina Daugirdas  and
Julian Davis Mortenson
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American Journal of International Law , Volume 108 , Issue 1 , January 2014 , pp. 94 - 115
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1 Ministry of National Defense of the People’s Republic of China Press Release, Statement by the Government of the People’s Republic of China on Establishing the East China Sea Air Defense Identification Zone (Nov. 23, 2013), at http://eng.mod.gov.cn/Press/2013-11/23/content_4476180.htm; Denyer, Simon, China in a Fix as Bluff Is Called over New Air Defense Zone, Wash. Post, Nov. 28, 2013, at A12 Google Scholar.

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14 U.S. Embassy (Japan) Press Release, Ambassador Caroline Kennedy Addresses [the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan] and the America-Japan Society (Nov. 27, 2013), at http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/p/tp-20131127-01.html.

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24 Japan Ministry of Foreign Affairs Press Release, 200th Session of the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) (Nov. 30, 2013), at http://www.mofa.go.jp/press/release/press4e_000114. html.

25 Aoki, Mizuho, Airlines Urged to Defy China’s ADIZ, Japan Times (Dec. 2, 2013), at http://www.japanti-mes.co.jp/news/2013/12/02/national/airlines-urged-to-defy-chinas-adiz/#.UtNH1vQW0vw Google Scholar.

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28 White House Press Release, Remarks by Vice President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China (Dec. 4, 2013), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/04/remarks-vice-president-joe-biden-and-president-xi-jinping-peoples-republ.

29 China Bitterly Attacks Japanese Prime Minister over Air Zone Remarks, Guardian (Dec. 15, 2013), at http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/15/china-attacks-japan-prime-minister-air-zone.

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2 Joint Plan of Action, Nov. 24, 2013, at http://eeas.europa.eu/statements/docs/2013/131124_03_en.pdf.

3 see U.S. Dep’t of State Daily Press Briefing No. 34 (Feb. 27, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2013/02/205323.htm; U.S. Dep’t of State Daily Press Briefing No. 45 (Mar. 15, 2013), at http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2013/03/206324.htm; Scott Peterson, World Powers Expect Iran to Be Ready for Progress at Next Nuclear Talks, Christian Sci. Monitor (Apr. 4, 2013), at http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2013/0404/World-powers-expect-Iran-to-be-ready-for-progress-at-next-nuclear-talks.

4 Klapper, Bradley, Lee, Matthew & Pace, Julie, Secret US-Iran Talks Set Stage for Nuke Deal, Associated Press (Nov. 24, 2013), at http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-us-iran-talks-set-stage-nuke-deal Google Scholar.

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6 White House Press Release, Statement by the President (Sept. 27, 2013), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/09/27/statement-president.

7 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/1194, Remarks After the P-5 + 1 Ministerial on Iran (Sept. 26, 2013) (statement by John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/09/214827.htm.

8 Bradley Klapper, Matthew Lee & Julie Pace, Secret US-Iran Talks Set Stage for Nuke Deal, Associated Press (Nov. 24, 2013), at http://bigstory.ap.org/article/secret-us-iran-talks-set-stage-nuke-deal.

9 Id.

10 Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli Prime Minister, Speech at the UN General Assembly (Oct. 1, 2013), at http://www.pmo.gov.il/English/MediaCenter/Speeches/Pages/speechUN011013.aspx.

11 Joint Plan of Action, P5 + 1— Iran, Nov. 24, 2013, at http://eeas.europa.eu/statements/docs/2013/131124_03_en.pdf.

12 Id.

13 Id.

14 White House Press Release, Statement by the President on First Step Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program (Nov. 23, 2013), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/11/23/statement-president-first-step-agreement-irans-nuclear-program.

15 U.S. Dep’t of State Press Release No. 2013/1553, The P 5 + 1’s First Step Agreement with Iran on Its Nuclear Program (Dec. 10, 2013) (remarks by John Kerry, U.S. secretary of state), at http://www.state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/12/218578.htm.

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17 Id.

18 White House Press Release, Press Conference by the President (Dec. 20, 2013), at http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2013/12/20/press-conference-president.