Overview:
On April 27, ICAS Executive Director Dr. Nong Hong participated in a panel discussion at the Woodrow Wilson Center on maritime security in the polar regions.
In recent years, large-scale environmental changes have precipitated changing geopolitical and maritime conditions at both poles. These changes are expanding shipping and resource development activities in the Arctic. Similar changes are also affecting Antarctica and may complicate governance of scientific research, tourism, and fisheries management in that region. Both China, which released in January 2018 its first formal Arctic policy, and the United States have interests in the responsible development of the Arctic region and are key players in Antarctica as well.
Other leading experts from the United States and China presented their research and discussed the evolving Arctic and Antarctic legal regimes.
Speakers:
Hong Nong
Executive Director and Senior Fellow, Institute for China-America Studies
Mark P. Nevitt
Sharswood Fellow, Lecturer in Law, University of Pennsylvania Law School
Mark E. Rosen
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CNA
Discussants
David Balton
Senior Fellow, Polar Initiative, Wilson Center
Lindsay Rodman
International Affairs Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations
Moderator
Sherri Goodman
Senior Fellow, Polar Initiative, Wilson Center
Introduction
Michael Sfraga
Director, Polar Initiative, Wilson Center
