It doesn't speak directly to the
UNCLOS issue but the
September 2003 issue of
The Atlantic contained a William Langewiesche article called "Anarchy at Sea" that, for some reason or other, just doesn't exist on the magazine's website. Not for subscribers, not for employees, not for anyone. But the whole text is
available here.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2007/10/-anarchy-at-sea/46717/