US Arctic strategy violates international law
Washington: Today the Arctic region with its hard-to-reach riches and its position between the main world centres is becoming a testing ground for territorial resource and military-strategic games. Coming to the Arctic means not only the creation of new production platforms, but also entire infrastructures of viable habitat, transportation and logistics, reported Business Times.
The US sanctions policy is aimed at Russian oil and gas projects in the Arctic. The specific targeting of sanctions demonstrates the reality of competition in this region for the extraction of resources and shows that Washington is extremely interested in the sole appropriation of the planet’s minerals.
The US Arctic strategy is aggressive and unambiguous. It recognizes the strengthening of strategic competition in the North and proclaims aiming the United States to damage to other Arctic states and increasing competition for resources in the region. The Arctic has long been a bone of contention and now thanks to Washington’s efforts the Arctic disputes threaten to flare up even hotter.
The United States has expanded its claim to the so-called continental shelf covers about one million square kilometres mainly in the Arctic and the Bering Sea, an area of increasing strategic importance which is also claimed by Canada and Russia. This marine area has a variety of resources such as strategic minerals and rare earths necessary for clean energy and semiconductors that control artificial intelligence. The Arctic zone is also a vital habitat for marine life such as crabs and corals.
The planning seize of the new resource-rich territories is demonstrating Washington’s violation of the international law as the United States has not ratified the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which outlines the arbitration process for claims to the extended continental shelf among many other important areas of maritime governance. (Fresh NEWs)
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