12. "Over time": Ibid.

13. "This [treaty] would": Ibid.

14. "these sizable": Ibid.

15. "peoples who have": UNCLOS Part XI, Section 2, UN.org, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/unclos/part11-2.htm.

16. "Has more than": Dambisa Moyo, Dead Aid: Why Aid Is Not Working and How There Is a Better Way for Africa (New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009), Introduction.

17. "In fact": Ibid.

18. "a kind of curse": Ibid.

19. "nations with mining": Senator Orrin Hatch and Senator John Cornyn, "The Law of the Sea treaty will sink America's economy," Foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/05/23/law-sea-treaty-will-sink-america-economy/.

20. "in other words": Ibid.

21. "if the enterprise": Law of the Sea Treaty, Un.org, http://www.un.org/Depts/los/convention_agreements/texts/agreement_part_xi/agreement_part_xi.htm.

22. "the Enterprise": Doug Bandow, "Cato Inst.i.tute Foreign Policy Briefing No. 32: Faulty Repairs: The Law of the Sea Treaty is Still Unacceptable," Cato.org, September 12, 1994, http://www.cato.org/pubs/fpbriefs/fpb032.pdf.

23. "take measures": Ibid.

24. "as yet undetermined": Ibid.

25. "if any": Ibid.

26. "who would do": Ibid.

27. "all the more": Ibid.

28. "nations cannot": Ibid.

29. "why risk sacrificing": Edwin Meese III, "Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty," http://www.latimes.com/, June 5, 2012, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.

30. "based in ideology": Matt Cover, "Hillary Clinton: Opposition to Sea Treaty Based on 'Mythology,' " cnsnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://cnsnews.com/news/article/hillary-clinton-opposition-sea-treaty-based-mythology.

31. "of course": Nicole Gaouette, "Clinton Hits 'Black Helicopters' Crowd To Push Sea Treaty," Bloomberg.com, May 24, 2012, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-05-24/clinton-hits-black-helicopters-crowd-to-push-sea-treaty.html.

32. "proponents say": Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, "Law of the Sea would usurp U.S. Navy's authority," politico.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76627_Page2.html.

33. "offering a new": Wayne Ma and James Hookway, "Vietnam Spars With China Over Oil Plans," wsj.com, June 27, 2012, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303649504577491823837421842.html.

34. "China, a LOST": Peter Brookes, "A pathetic pact for safety on the seas," nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

35. "although Beijing ratified": Gordon G. Chang, "Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?," worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/should-us-ratify-un-sea-treaty-because-china.

36. "supposedly need to": Peter Brookes, "A pathetic pact for safety on the seas," nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

37. it is a lot: Frank Gaffney, "Common Sense on LOST," townhall.com, June 5, 2012, http://townhall.com/columnists/frankgaffney/2012/06/05/common_sense_on_lost/page/full/.

38. "by moving off": Gordon G. Chang, "Should the US Ratify the UN Sea Treaty Because of China?," worldaffairsjournal.org, May 21, 2012, http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/blog/gordon-g-chang/should-us-ratify-un-sea-treaty-because-china.

39. "This is simply": Frank Gaffney, "Law of the Sea Treaty Is Wrong for US," newsmax.com, June 5, 2012, http://www.newsmax.com/FrankGaffney/Law-Sea-Treaty-Senate/2012/06/05/id/441292.

40. "In fact": Ibid.

41. "codifies navigational rights": Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, "Hillary Tries To Neuter US Navy," foxnews.com, May 23, 2012, http://nation.foxnews.com/us-navy/2012/05/23/hillary-tries-neuter-us-navy.

42. "The most persuasive": Donald Rumsfeld, "Why the U.N. Shouldn't Own the Seas," http://online.wsj.com/home-page, June 12, 2012 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303768104577460890850883780.html.

43. "ceding any authority": Senator Jim Inhofe, Senator Roger Wicker, and Senator Jeff Sessions, "Law of the Sea would usurp U.S. Navy's authority," politico.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0512/76627_Page2.html.

44. "some fear the Navy": Ibid.

45. "could it be that": Ibid.

46. "outsourcing national security": Peter Brookes, "A pathetic pact for safety on the seas," nypost.com, May 22, 2012, http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/opedcolumnists/pathetic_pact_for_safety_on_the_JRYvyyY47FPjx0pJOjzI0K.

47. "Does failure to ratify": Edwin Meese III, "Still lost on the Law of the Sea Treaty," http://www.latimes.com/, June 5, 2012, http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meese-law-of-the-sea-20120605,0,6473043.story.

48. "Our ability to": Ibid.

49. "States shall adopt": David A. Ridenour, "Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty: A Not-So-Innocent Pa.s.sage," nationalcenter.org, August 2006, http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA542LawoftheSeaTreaty.html.

50. "look upstream": Sheril Kirshenbaum, "Sea Grant Fellows Forum," realoceans.wordpress.com, June 24, 2008, http://realoceans.wordpress.com/2008/06/page/3/.

51. Already, environmentalists have: David A. Ridenour, "Ratification of the Law of the Sea Treaty," www.nationalcenter.org, August 2006, http://www.nationalcenter.org/NPA542LawoftheSeaTreaty.html.

52. "LOST is a sweeping": Ibid.

53. "If Americans have": Mich.e.l.le Malkin, "The push for the Law of the Sea Treaty," www.mich.e.l.lemalkin.com, October 2 2007, http://mich.e.l.lemalkin.com/2007/10/02/the-push-for-the-law-of-the-sea-treaty/.

54. "So why on earth": Ibid.

55. "the UN administered": Ibid.

56. "the predictable effect": Ibid.

57. "We are writing": Julian Pecquet, "Opposition to Law of the Sea Treaty heats up," www.thehill.com, May 25, 2012, http://thehill.com/blogs/global-affairs/un-treaties/229637-opposition-to-law-of-the-sea-treaty-heats-up.

58. "by its current": Ibid.

59. "To effect the": Ibid.

60. "If this treaty": Ibid.

61. Here's the list: Ibid.