Evidence: Alphabetical
- Should not dismiss UNCLOS just because it originated from United Nations
- Should reject UNCLOS before its model spreads to other commons including outer space and the internet
- States would not have jurisdiction under UNCLOS to bring climate change claims
- Simply false to equate modest royalty payments with a "new authority to tax American citizens"
- Should favor flexibility and evolving nature of customary international law over certainty of UNCLOS
- Should ratify UNCLOS even if most Arctic benefits are not immediately available as UNCLOS establishes best long-term regime
- States that are party to UNCLOS could bring legal action against U.S. entities for not following UNCLOS in foreign courts
- Senkaku island dispute shows the ineffectiveness of ITLOS tribunal at resolving issues
- Significant environmental, political, and humanitarian Arctic issues unaddressed by UNCLOS
- Significant economic opportunity in bioprospecting especially for the extremeophiles that can withstand extreme environments
- Staggering amount of mineral resources, including rare earth metals, estimated to be available in CCS
- Submarines cables are critical to U.S. national security communications
- Support for UNCLOS ratification has an almost unheard of unanimity across agencies, parties, and administrations
- South China Sea arbitration shows U.S. could solve key Arctic arguments over passage through Arctic Council mechanisms