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Converting Competition to Collaboration: Creative Applications of Models in the Law of the Sea Negotiations

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A scientific curiosity for almost a century, the mineral resources of the deep ocean floor took on a sudden importance in the 1960s and early 1970s when it was claimed there were hundreds of billions of dollars worth of minerals lying on the seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (see [3]). Suddenly this curiosity became the center of attention in efforts to develop a new and comprehensive law of the sea to replace the already outdated and insufficient Geneva Conventions on the Law of the Sea, adopted in 1958.

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Antrim, C.L. (2007). Converting Competition to Collaboration: Creative Applications of Models in the Law of the Sea Negotiations. In: Avenhaus, R., Zartman, I.W. (eds) Diplomacy Games. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68304-9_11

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