The report, published Wednesday, detailed the service’s “freedom of navigation” operations conducted across the globe with the stated goal of enforcing the United Nations…
- Tom O’Connor
- NewsWeek
Although Washington has not ratified the treaty, it recognizes it as customary international law.
“Unlawful and sweeping maritime claims—or incoherent legal theories of maritime entitlements—that are inconsistent with customary international law as reflected in the…