Inhofe: Retrofitting Unilateralism
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee votes tomorrow on the Law of the Sea. The Committee is likely to approve the treaty, as...
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The Human Face of Climate Change
(Huene Island, pictured above, part of the Carteret Island chain, has literally been cut in two by rising sea levels) Papua New...
What Would Reagan Do?
Conservatives are asking What Would Reagan Do on the Law of the Sea. Personally, I don't care all that much and would...
Law of the Sea Heating Up
(Andrew Rice, left, is running for Senate against Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma) Matt Stoller posted this gem last night and Taylor Marsh...
Ollie North and the Bloated Bureaucracy
Mark Goldberg and I had a funny conversation this morning about Ollie North's rant on the Law of the Sea over at...
Bolton Supported the Law of the Sea Before He Opposed It
It turns out that John Bolton's recent lobbying against the Law of the Sea represents a major flip-flop. I've known about this...
Ensign Looking to Leave Troop-Contributing Allies Out to Dry on Peacekeeping Funds
Senator John Ensign just proposed a major cut to U.S. contributions to UN peacekeeping on the Senate floor. Just last month, with...
Law of the Sea on the Move
It hasn't been announced publicly yet, but look for the first Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the Law of the Sea...
NOAA Planning Arctic Mapping Expedition
Hm. NOAA is undertaking a mission to map out areas to claim in the American extended continental shelf. Of course, unless the...
Gaffney Plus Washington Times Equals Hilarity
I'm honestly not sure which is more hysterical: Frank Gaffney's most recent Washington Times column, which argues that the Russians laid claim...
What’s Cooking With the Large Economies Summit on Climate Change
I hinted in a couple of posts last week that I attended an interesting meeting with a White House official last week...
Lugar on Energy and Iraq
I heard Sen. Dick Lugar deliver some insightful remarks this morning on energy, Iraq, and U.S. foreign policy at the 20/20 Vision...