Oman has joined all 27 EU member states and 33 other countries in signing a pledge to maintain the integrity of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and in particular to oppose the imposition of fees and tolls. As an EU initiative, the pledge is unlikely to attract the endorsement of the United States, nor has it attracted the support of the CRINK (China, Russia, Iran, North Korea) group of nations. But besides Oman, it...