Heritage Foundation

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Heritage Foundation
Founded in 1973, The Heritage Foundation is a research and educational institution—a think tank—whose mission is to formulate and promote conservative public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

Location: Washington, D.C.

Website: http://heritage.org

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"America and India Need a Little Flexibility at Sea"  — Jeff M. Smith — Heritage Foundation — April 15, 2021

The author argues that the recent outrage over U.S. freedom of navigation operations in India's territorial waters are not a concern as both India and the U.S. are in alignment about the need to enforce UNCLOS provisions, it just may not be politic for both sides to admit as much.  

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India, Freedom of Navigation Program
"Don’t Open the Door to Law of the Sea Litigation"  — Groves, Steven — Heritage Foundation — January 10, 2013

Doug Bandow of the Cato Institute warns of the dangers of litigation if the United States joins the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, more commonly known as the Law of the Sea Treaty (LOST).

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"Law of the Sea Ruling Trumps Ghanaian Judge"  — Groves, Steven — Heritage Foundation — December 28, 2012

When a nation joins the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) it should be prepared to have its domestic court rulings overturned by an international tribunal. That hard lesson was recently learned by Ghana.

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"The Top Five Reasons Why Conservatives Should Oppose the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea"  — Baker Spring, Steven Groves and Brett D. Schaefer — Heritage Foundation — September 25, 2007

The authors offer five reasons why the Law of the Sea treaty "remains a threat to American interests."

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"The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea: The Risks Outweigh the Benefits"  — Edwin Meese, III, Baker Spring, and Brett D. Schaefer — Heritage Foundation — May 16, 2007

The authors argue that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea "is likely to have unintended negative consequences for U.S. interests" and that "[n]othing has occurred since 2004 that should lead the Senate to reverse its earlier decision to decline to take up the treaty."

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Steven Groves
Senior Research Fellow
Steven Groves is the Bernard and Barbara Lomas Senior Research Fellow at The Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom and leader of The Heritage Foundation's Freedom Project. He has testified before Congress on international law, human rights, the United Nations and controversial treaties such as the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women.