The rules-based order as rhetorical entrapment: Comparing maritime dispute resolution in the Indo-Pacific

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Table 1. Comparing material dimensions of power.⁵

	Territory (square kilometer)	Population	GDP (2018, millions US$)
Case 1: the Timor Sea Compulsory Conciliation
Timor-Leste	14,874	1,291,358	2,581
Australia	7,741,220	23,232,413	1,433,904.35
Case 2: Bay of Bengal Maritime Boundary Arbitration
Bangladesh	148,460	157,826,578	274,024.96
India	3,287,263	1,281,935,911	2,718,732.32
Case 3: Chagos Island Marine Protected Area Arbitration
Mauritius	2,040	1,356,388	14,220.35
United Kingdom	242,495	65,648,100	2,855,296.73