The Seasteading Institute

[Regimes for Managing Maritime Space, 1 April, Track 2 Session 1](http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/conferences/sos/programme/1_april/track2_session1/)

Maritime Policing: A Sea of Change? From the Exercise of Sovereignty over Maritime Space towards the Enforcement of the Global Oceans Legal Framework, Ms Patricia Jimenez Kwast, University of Oxford, UK

Enforcement/Policing of the Law of the Sea, not by ship owners, ports, etc. Broad topic, global philosophical aspects.

Policing Powers at Sea – Background & Legal Framework

Has a picture of a pirate flag! Continue reading →

I am currently at the University of Durham, where the [International Borders Research Unit](http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/) (IBRU) is hosting their 20th anniversary conference on The [State of Sovereignty](http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/conferences/sos/). I will be blogging the material I find interesting, here is what I have for you from [the plenary program](http://www.dur.ac.uk/ibru/conferences/sos/programme/1_april/opening_plenary/). Continue reading →

Patri Friedman’s Trip Report
Offshore Technology Conference
Houston, Texas
May 6-7, 2008.

Continue reading →

I’ll be at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, Texas on Tuesday & Wednesday next week to listen and learn about the current state of the offshore industry.  If anyone else will be there and wants to get together, add a comment or send me an email.  If there’s enough interest, maybe we can do a dinner on Tuesday?

Continue reading →