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The author argues the Senate should reject the Law of the Sea treaty as it is " one more step towards a system of global governance under which U.S. sovereignty would be subordinated to an international system managed by an unelected, self-perpetuating form of bureaucratic aristocracy that cares little for democratic traditions."
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"White House Calls High Seas Treaty a Tool Against Iran, Russia" — John T. Bennett — U.S. News and World Report — May 09, 2012
The Obama administration on Wednesday used an obscure high-seas treaty to take aim at global rivals Iran, for its threat to blockade the Strait of Hormuz, and Russia, for its rush to claim natural resources exposed by the Arctic ice melt, while also dangling an olive branch before a domestic rival in hopes of winning the treaty's passage in the U.S. Senate.
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