• Who Governs the Oceans? The Law of the Sea in a Shifting World Order [ZOOM]

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    For most of history, the oceans were treated as a lawless frontier. Over the last century that changed. A series of treaties, culminating in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, produced one of the most ambitious experiments in global cooperation ever attempted: shared rules for navigation, fishing, resource extraction, and […]

  • No Going Back: Europe and America at a Crossroads [Falmouth]

    Falmouth Memorial Library 5 Lunt Road, Falmouth, ME, United States

    The Falmouth Memorial Library will host its next Camden Conference Community Event of the season on Saturday December 12, at 11:00 a.m. The transatlantic relationship has been the cornerstone of global security since 1945. For decades the United States and its European allies stood shoulder to shoulder against external threats, from Soviet expansionism during the […]

  • The Shifting Balance of Soft Power Between the US and China [Camden]

    Camden Public Library 55 Main Street, Camden, ME, United States

    The Camden Public Library will host its next Camden Conference Community Event of the season on Tuesday, December 15, at 6:30 p.m. With China Outpacing the USA in Soft Power, what is Maine’s Impact & Responsibility? Combining on-the-ground experience serving as United Nations partnership officer in Beijing with global developments, presenter Kate Hotchkiss Taylor explores […]

  • Negotiating our “Triple Planetary Crisis”: an Inside View of United Nations’ Negotiations on Biodiversity, Pollution, and Climate Treaties [Waterville]

    Chase Forum 150 Maine St, Waterville

    The Mid-Maine Global Forum, in collaboration with the Waterville Public Library, will host their next Camden Conference Community Event of the season on Wednesday, December 16, at 12:00 p.m at the Chase Forum (150 Main Street, Waterville, Maine 04901). This talk will focus on how environmental policy is formulated and provide an overview of current […]