Heritage Foundation
Steven Groves
Steven Groves is the Bernard and Barbara Lomas fellow in the Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom at The Heritage Foundation. The following is excerpted from a June 14, 2012, statement during the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on “The Law of the Sea Convention.” The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), like any complex treaty or piece of legislation, should be thoroughly examined by the committee to determine its costs as well as its benefits. At bottom, the disagreement between those who favor U.S. accession to the convention and those who oppose boils down to a…
