Recommended Citation

Craig H. Allen, "Lead in the Far North" by Acceding to the Law of the Sea Convention, 5 Wash. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 1 (2015), https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/faculty-articles/79

Authors

Craig H. Allen, University of Washington School of LawFollow

"Lead in the Far North" by Acceding to the Law of the Sea Convention

Publication Title

Washington Journal of Environmental Law and Policy

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The theme for the 2015 Arctic Encounter Symposium was “Charting a Path to U.S. Leadership in the Far North.” I would like to begin my comments regarding U.S. leadership by reminding the audience that the Arctic is primarily a maritime domain and the fundamental rule set for international relations in the Arctic’s maritime domain is the 1982 U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea (LOS Convention), a convention to which the United States remains the most conspicuous non-party.