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THE AUTHOR ARGUES THAT THE U.N CONFRENCE ON THE LAW OF THE SEAS HAS AS ITS GOAL THE PREPARATION OF A SINGLE TREATY THAT IS BOTH COMPREHENSIVE AND WIDELY ACCEPTED. YET A TREATY THAT IS COMPREHENSIVE WOULD NOT BE WIDELY ACCEPTED BECAUSE OF THE DIFFERENT NATION VIEWS OF COSTAL AND ISLAND NATIONS ON THE ONE HAND WITH LAND-LOCKED COUNTRIES ON THE OTHER, ON SUCH QUESTIONS AS DEEP-SEA MINING.

Long-range policy planning for international scientific & technological affairs has been hindered by a variety of problems. One is the overall crisis-response nature of foreign policy making, & another is the difficulty of developing technical information needed for sound forecasts. Within the US Dept of State, the record of attempts to establish systematic planning amply demonstrates the problems. Nevertheless, a number of key conclusions can be drawn from the few successful experiments in policy planning: an effective planning staff should combine the skills of both foreign policy specialists & scientists; planners should be closely familiar with, but not involved in, operations; the planning role requires consistent support from senior officials; & the power to influence budgets significantly strengthens the planning function. HA.

Aus US-amerikanischer Sicht

The governments of Canada and the United States are playing very active roles in negotiations to define the law of the sea, which has been the subject of international conferences in 1958, 1960, and that beginning in December 1973. These provide the framework for a study of US-Canadian relations in the uses of the sea. Three perspectives may be adopted to understand the political processes involved in law of the sea relations: (1) the state-to-state model, (2) the bureaucratic politics approach, and (3) the transnational systems perspective.