AJ (Tony) Press AO FAIIA is an Adjunct Professor at the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership & @IMASUTAS in Hobart, and a commentator on Antarctic affairs.
Antarctic Geopolitical Myths: an occasional series. No. 1: I have decided to run a series of threads to counter incessant basic mistakes made by #Antarctic analysts – especially those who should either know better, or who should have done just the minimum of research. 1/5
Excellent talk tonight from @JAParker29. The Governor’s Seminar for @AIIATAS: A Changing Strategic World: Australia and the Contested Maritime Domain. @AIIANational
@BuchananLiz Article IV of the Antarctic Treaty, the instruments and decisions arising from it, and the subsequent regional governance arrangements spanning 65 years, would cast quite a long, dark shadow over the “global commons” assumption.
Antarctic Geopolitics: China and Russia block the designation of Emperor Penguins as specially protected species. Yes, it was politics, not science. https://t.co/ZWSaMJczWY