Evidence: Alphabetical
- Warm arctic will increase availability of key resources including minerals and oil
- Warming in the Arctic is causing rapid environmental change and species loss
- Worst problem with the Law of the Sea treaty is its resource management regime which establishes a cartel, squashes innovation, and redistributes revenues to non-state actors
- Without consensus on legal framework for Arctic, territorial disputes could result in military conflict between US and Russia
- While the risks to the US from its non-party status may have been negligible, this is no guarantee that this will continue
- Widespread acceptance of UNCLOS is necessary for it to be successful in resolving current overfishing disputes
- Warming of the Arctic is allowing access to its mineral resource wealth, including precious gems and rare earth elements
- Warming arctic is opening up new potential shipping lanes and resource extraction possibilities but increasing risks of conflict and tension over the same
- Warming of the arctic is a compelling reason for U.S. to pursue ratification of UNCLOS at earliest opportunity
- While the text may be ambiguous the negotiating history of the UNCLOS agreement indicates that it intended to preserve military freedom of navigation
- Without being a party to UNCLOS, U.S. underseas cables only protected by 1884 telegraph treaty
- Warming of the Arctic will change centuries-old geopolitical calculus by giving Russia a significant maritime role