Could the question of “Arctic ownership” push the US to sign the United Nations Law of the Sea Convention? As we have reported earlier, and as frequently reported in the media (see e.g. this latest article at tampabay.com), the support for the ratification of UNCLOS is growing by the day. Not only are prominent members of the political establishment (i.e. from both parties) in the US advocating this step (see e.g. this statement by Secretary of State Clinton during the hearings in the Senate). But as the new director of the CIA and former chairman of the Oceans Commission Leon…