Our regular podcasting schedule was interrupted by Winter Storm Toby this week. Please enjoy this rebroadcast of our conversation with Lindsay Rodman on national security in the Arctic.
The black letter law discussed in this episode is:
The Antarctic Treaty
https://www.state.gov/t/avc/trty/193967.htm
UN Convention on the Law of the Sea
http://www.un.org/depts/los/convention_agreements/convention_overview_convention.htm
NASA data on summer ice melt
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/end-of-summer-arctic-sea-ice-extent-is-eighth-lowest-on-record
http://nsidc.org/arcticseaicenews/
Russian Military Buildup Map
http://foreignpolicy.com/2017/01/25/heres-what-russias-military-build-up-in-the-arctic-looks-like-trump-oil-military-high-north-infographic-map/
Russian and Global Icebreaker Buildup
http://www.dco.uscg.mil/Portals/9/DCO%20Documents/Office%20of%20Waterways%20and%20Ocean%20Policy/20170501%20major%20icebreaker%20chart.pdf?ver=2017-06-08-091723-907
Arctic Council
http://arctic-council.org/index.php/en/
Section of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 approving drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1/BILLS-115hr1enr.pdf#page=182
Oil Spill regulations in the Arctic
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/administrative/environment_energy_resources/resources/baker_sidortsov_hydrocabon_Arctic.authcheckdam.pdf
Oil Spill hazards in the Arctic
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-u-s-is-not-ready-to-clean-up-an-arctic-oil-spill/
The Sourcebook of Public Private Partnerships for Security and Resilience
https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=286274864&term=public+private+partnership
Careers in National Security Law Book
https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/migrated/natsecurity/nsl_text.authcheckdam.pdf
Lindsay Rodman’s biography and contact info:
http://www.cips-cepi.ca/linsday-l-rodman-postdoctoral-fellow/
For more about National Security and the Arctic, watch the full video of a panel from the 27th Annual Review of the Field of National Security Law, titled “The Arctic: National Security and Oceans Law for the New Maritime Frontier”
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_services/law_national_security/events_cle/past_annual_review_conferences/27ARC-panel-7.html
