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Give the Law of the Sea Convention a fair hearing before deciding

Published May 31, 2012

Before the first witness testified in the opening 2012 Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, news and blogosphere outlets witnessed a flurry of opinion pieces summarily praising or condemning the Convention.
The time is now to act to protect US interests in the Artic

Published April 19, 2012

“Leadership for the Arctic” was the focus of a two-day conference at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn.
The Costa Concordia disaster and lessons from two 'Williams'

Published January 19, 2012

The questions keep coming concerning the cruise ship disaster in Italy last week. While many have focused on the legal obligation of the ship's caption what about the moral obligation to passengers and crew?