Ratify Law of the Sea

The Center for a New American Security, an independent and nonpartisan research institution, has published Contested Commons: The Future of American Power in a Multipolar World (PDF), a report wherein they insist ratification will, ‘…lay the groundwork to build up cooperative efforts to minimize conflict over the long term.”
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Considering the strategic importance of the oceans [...]

The Canadian Press
With Denmark becoming the latest nation to reveal major plans to sharpen its Arctic military capabilities, a global buildup in the tools of northern warfare has experts concerned about an increased risk of conflict.
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Washington Post – Jim Hoagland
The Arctic is a frozen sea surrounded by five coastal states: the United States, Russia, Canada, Norway and Denmark (on behalf of Greenland). Conflicting claims to territorial limits — particularly between the United States and Canada — will be brought to a head by commercial and military use of the area. [...]