🌎 Politica UK InfoPod, Who Owns the Seas? The Hidden Battles for the World’s Oceans by Sarnia de la Maré.
Politica UK InfoPod Who Owns the Seas? The Hidden Battles for the World’s Oceans by Sarnia de la Maré. Welcome to the Politica UK InfoPod. Today we ask a deceptively simple question. Who owns the seas — when no one owns the water? Across the world, countries are increasingly fighting over oceans, straits, seabeds, and canals. And yet, by international law, the oceans are supposed to belong to everyone. So why are the seas becoming one of the most contested spaces on Earth? The Ocean That Belongs to Everyone Modern maritime law — largely shaped by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea — treats the open ocean as a global commons. In theory: no nation owns the deep ocean ships from any country can sail through it trade routes remain open to all. But nations do control the waters close to their shores. Every coastal country claims: 12 nautical miles of territorial waters, and an Exclusive Economic Zone extending about 200 nautical miles. Inside that zone, countries can contro...