Evidence: Alphabetical
- Freedom of navigation is key to global economic prosperity
- Freedom of navigation program is no longer sufficient for US to secure its naval rights
- Five reasons why INCSEA agreements with China would be a bad idea
- Fragile Arctic environment plays a major role in global environmental system
- Failure to pass UNCLOS undermines U.S. leadership on other initiatives
- Fears of an overreaching UNCLOS bureaucracy are overwrought
- Favorable status of customary international law of the sea for the U.S. military is starting to change, necessitating codification by ratifying UNCLOS
- Fallacy of composition disproves argument that U.S. can rely on customary international law -- even if true, it wouldn't be in our interest if others followed our example
- Future maritime dynamic unlikely to support US ability to assert freedom of navigation upside of UNCLOS
- Freedom of operation in the global commons has been and will continue to be a key driver of US and global economic growth
- Failure to ratify UNCLOS is increasingly an untenable position, forcing US to accept law without having input on its development
- Fears of UNCLOS bureaucracy are overwrought and naive
- Framework of UNCLOS has become binding on even non-signatory states
- Failure of U.S. to ratify UNCLOS could cause entire international agreement over EEZ to collapse
- Four key advantages for the U.S. in ratifying UNCLOS
- Freedom of navigation program has been overwhelmed by excessive claims
- Fears of the vast unaccountable bureaucracy of UNCLOS have been proven unfounded in the 10 years since it has been in force
- Framework of UNCLOS better for helping telecommunication companies handle disruptions to underseas cables
- Foreign navies demanding U.S. act in accordance with UNCLOS before committing to cooperation