oceans interests is not the United Nations, but the relentless campaign by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) such as Greenpeace in conjunction with certain coastal countries, including close U.S. By holding the treaty’s progress up, right-wing critics are inadvertently aiding hostile governments and environmental activists at the expense of military and economic interests. Navy’s right to operate unimpeded on the world’s seas. But, in the midst of a global economic downturn, it is critical that he take this step to facilitate efficient world merchant shipping and protect the U.S. Bush, who vocally supported the treaty, was unable to assuage the critics and grab this low-hanging fruit. accession has been held up by a small group of right-wing activists who are convinced it will lead the United States down a slippery slope toward world government, U.N. Since 1994, the United States has considered joining the convention, but U.S.

However, this section has since been amended to language that closer adheres to free market principles. Despite being involved in the treaty’s creation, the United States declined to sign because of a part that stipulates that minerals under the high seas be considered the common heritage of mankind and leases for mineral extraction be awarded by an international organization, the International Seabed Authority. One-hundred fifty-six countries have already signed on.

The convention delineates the rights and duties of coastal states and maritime countries throughout the world’s oceans. Unfortunately, as the Senate debates this strangely controversial measure, he will also encounter conservative Republican palace intrigue straight out of classic film noir. With this treaty, the president has a golden opportunity to burnish the United States’ multilateral credentials and promote U.S. accession to the Law of the Sea Convention, a debate that could kick off within the next few months. President Barack Obama is about to enter over U.S. The film reflected Cold War-era paranoia, but it could also be used as an exquisite metaphor for the debate U.S. John Frankenheimer’s classic 1962 movie, The Manchurian Candidate, parodied McCarthyism by depicting a far-right politician as a secret tool of the far left.

The Free Sea by James Kraska