Rebroadcast: Touring the Arctic with Lindsay Rodman

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