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United States Poorly Positioned to Rebut Russian Arctic Territorial Claims
By: Daniel Wiltshire Disclaimer:Â The views expressed herein are those of the blogger and are not to be construed as official or...
Nov 25, 20183 min read


China and the Manmade Islands: Responses from the Obama Administration and the Trump Administration
By Lauren Stimpert Since at least 2015, China has been constructing a series of artificial islands, including building on Mischief Reef...
Dec 31, 20173 min read
UNCLOS Arbitration Award in the South China Sea Dispute
By Ryan Poitras Background: In June 2016, the United Nations’ Permanent Court of Arbitration Tribunal handed out its final award in...
Dec 1, 20164 min read
UNCLOS-er than ever; why the U.S. should learn to stop worrying and love the law of the sea
Robert Ballard, the oceanographer best known for discovering the wreckage of the RMS Titanic, has embarked on a ten-year project to map...
Dec 19, 20133 min read


The United States Must Prosecute Pirates
The recent deaths of four Americans at the hands of Somali pirates is leading military and legal scholars to question the ways in which...
Feb 28, 20114 min read
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