Yes. That’s why I wrote it requires ca Jones.
In a perfect world where all sides act like “gentlemen”, such a “law of the sea” might be functional.
As @flyerboys says, in the current environment, there’s a lot of gray area. So much so that there’s a statecraft term for it: the Gray Zone.
China, Russia, Iran, PRNK are pushing that gray zone.
They’ll continue, until the pushees, push back.
Are the US n West also Gray Zoning? Of course we are. And I choose to support us, cause I don’t want to live under an authoritarian ruler. I don’t want “our” children to live under an authoritarian ruler.
ralph