Evidence: Alphabetical
- Ratifying UNCLOS would not subject U.S. to increased environmental liability or act as a back door for the Kyoto agreement
- Rejection of UNCLOS is crippling U.S. seabed mining and oil and gas industry efforts to develop seabed
- Ratifying UNCLOS would give U.S. more tools to challenge excessive claims
- Ratification of UNCLOS would boost U.S. credibility with our allies
- Russia uses UNCLOS as basis for its foreign policy in Arctic
- Russian policy in Arctic likely to remain focused on cooperative, diplomatic approach with other Arctic nations
- Russia is surpassing U.S. in Arctic leadership because in part of its working within the accepted multilateral framework of UNCLOS
- Rare earth metals are critical to development of new energy efficient technologies
- Russia is preparing for a new cold war in the Arctic
- Resolution of U.S. China dispute over freedom of navigation in EEZ unlikely to be through legal discussion as both sides have valid strategic concerns
- Reliance on customary international law and FON program should only be used as a last resort
- Ratifying UNCLOS would expand U.S. ability to conduct MIO and shore up PSI regime
- Ratifying UNCLOS is critical for supporting U.S. cooperative maritime strategy
- Reforming UNCLOS for the Arctic is not a viable option -- consensus would take too long
- Ratification of UNCLOS would give UN tribunals control over U.S. environmental laws
- Russia has failed to back up its claims of peaceful intentions in the Arctic with anything more than rhetoric
- Russia has effectively removed option of resolving border disputes through UNCLOS in its signing statements under Article 298
- Russia is aggressively pursuing Arctic claims
- Russia is expanding its military presence in Arctic with increased air patrols and naval presence, including submarines
- Royalty payments are graduated over time and are unopposed by resource extraction interests in the U.S.
- Ratification of UNCLOS is key cornerstone for Arctic policy, providing best way to ensure resource development and resolution of boundary disputes
- Russia and Norway have already demonstrated the technological and economic feasibility of Arctic oil
- Resolution of South China Sea dispute critical to global economy
- Russia views Arctic as a potential area of future conflict and it is building up its military in response
- Ratification of UNCLOS is critical to protecting international trade U.S. economy relies on
- Russia views Arctic as necessary to restoring its leadership role that it lost after the Cold War
- Ratification of UNCLOS is key to protection of freedom of navigation rights U.S. national security depends on
- Russia's military buildup in the Arctic not out of pace with its broader efforts to modernize its military
- Rights of passage through international straits like Strait of Hormuz governed by UNCLOS but neither the U.S. Or Iran are party to the treaty
- Russia and U.S. still aggressively trailing each other's submarines in Arctic
- Russian foreign policy emphasizes strengthening international law and instructions, including in the Arctic
- Russia's aggressive Arctic rhetoric is for domestic political consumption, they are more likely to pursue demilitarization agreements
- Russia's drive to the Arctic currently stymied by economics of Arctic oil production and poor state of Russian infrastructure
- Relying on asserting customary international law through military force rather than through UNCLOS guarantees conflict
- Ratifying UNCLOS is critical to restore U.S. moral authority and leadership on maritime affairs
- Ratifying UNCLOS would strongly support U.S. position in the South China Seas by affirming Rule of Law and regaining U.S. leadership