The Diplomat Season 3 ties fiction to reality with the Law of the Sea Treaty — here’s what it means and why the U.S. still ...

Today, the Senate will consider a Halloween treat, the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. More than 150 nations have joined the convention, which was signed by President Clinton in 1994, ...

Explore the challenges of the High Seas Treaty, including ambiguities in governance and participation from major powers.

As commander-in-chief and as our nation's spokesperson, President Bush should call unequivocally for his party's support in ratifying the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Explore the entire ...

Proponents of U.S. ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) claim that America cannot secure its maritime interests without being a member of the treaty. That claim is ...

More than 60 nations have ratified the agreement which means new safeguards will be possible for international waters for the first time.

The high seas treaty could be law by the end of the year, affording protection to marine life in the vast swathes of ocean that belong to no one. The treaty was adopted by UN member states in June ...

Nearly 200 countries have agreed to a legally-binding treaty to protect marine life in international waters, which cover around half of the planet's surface, but have long been essentially lawless.

On April 24, President Trump issued another questionable executive order, this one calling for deep-sea mining in both federal and international waters. The former is within his control; the latter ...

A judge ruled that Finland did not have jurisdiction to prosecute a case against a ship believed to be a part of Russia’s “shadow fleet.” By Lynsey Chutel and Johanna Lemola After Trump pledged to ...