UNCLOS III: A Flawed Treaty

In this Article, the author argues that UNCLOS III is a fatally flawed document that is inimical to the interests of the United States. He argues that the proposed seabed provisions violate philosophical, as well as practical interests, and legitimizes principles that would have an adverse impact on future international negotiations. The author proposes several amendments to the Draft Convention, and argues that only a treaty which recognizes that free market seabed mining and commercial exchange exploit no one will increase the prospects for free exchange, free trade, economic prosperity, and even world peace

It Is Time to Temper Our Excessive Interventionism

Threats today are very different from what they once were. Nuclear threats can be deterred or warded off; such conventional threats as exist are primarily to American allies—and the allies can handle them. Terrorism will require entirely different forces and responses. But the United States persists in an outmoded Cold War–era, interventionist posture that no longer fits the world environment

Hard Drugs, Hard choices : Dealing with legalization

The debate on the legalization of drugs in the United States continues. This article argues for the legalization

Does Uncle Sam really need the Bases?

tag=1 data=Does Uncle Sam really need the Bases? tag=2 data=Bandow, Doug tag=3 data=Defense & Diplomacy, tag=6 data=^d ^mNOV/DEC ^y1990 tag=8 data=DEFENCE tag=9 data=PHILIPPINE BASES%SUBIC BAY%CLARK AIR FORCE tag=10 data=First of a two-part series on the pros and cons of U.S. bases in the Philippines. tag=15 data=JOUFirst of a two-part series on the pros and cons of U.S. bases in the Philippines.Nov./Dec. 199