The world is dependent on critical underse a infrastructure (CUI) in the form of fibre-optic cables and oil and gas pi pelines. Without it\, communication would be impossible and many nations wo uld not be able to satisfy their energy needs. Yet CUI is notably vulnerabl e to attack and has been targeted by states and non-state actors in recent years. Many legal issues in respect of defending CUI remain unresolved\, an d in this talk Ian Park will identify and address salient legal challenges.
Ian Park is a Visiting Lecturer in Law at Yale Law School. He is a C ommodore (Rear Admiral lower half) in the U.K. Royal Navy\, a barrister\, a nd Head of Navy Legal. Park has served in seven ships and deployed worldwid e in support of the Royal Navy’s contribution to defense. He has also deplo yed as a legal adviser on operations to Afghanistan and\, on many occasions \, to the Middle East. Park is\, or has been\, a Visiting Fellow at Harvard Law School\, a Hudson Fellow at Oxford University\, a Mountbatten Fellow a t Cambridge University\, a First Sea Lord’s Fellow\, and a Freeman of the C ity of London. He is a graduate and Scholar of St. John’s College\, Cambrid ge\; has a doctorate in international law from Balliol College\, Oxford\; a nd has lectured at Harvard Law School\, Cambridge University\, Oxford Unive rsity\, The Academy of Military Sciences\, Beijing\, Hanoi University\, NUS Singapore\, and Freiburg University\, among other institutions. Park has w ritten or contributed to five books including the monograph The Right to Li fe in Armed Conflict (Oxford University Press\, 2018) and is a former winne r of the Armed Forces Barrister of the Year at the U.K. Bar Awards.
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