Contributors

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Contributors

Editor's Note: In order to most accurately portray the events ofthe conference, the bio-

graphical data in this appendix reflects the position in which the authors were serving

at the time of the conference, as set forth in the conference brochures and materials.

Professor Craig H. Allen is Judson Falknor Professor of Law at the University of

Washington, Seattle, Washington. He joined the University ofWashington faculty

in 1994, following his retirement from the US Coast Guard. He is alicensed master

mariner, aFellow in the Nautical Institute and amember of the Royal Institute of

Navigation and the US Maritime Law Association. Professor Allen is on the board

of editors of the Ocean Development and International Law journal and is the au-

thor oiVarwelVs Rules ofthe Nautical Road. Professor Allen served as the Charles H.

Stockton Professor of International Law at the US Naval War College in the 2006-

07 academic year.

Rear Admiral Jorge Balaresque, Chilean Navy (Ret.), teaches strategy and other

military courses at Chile's Academia de Guerra Naval (Naval War College) in

Valparaiso and is afellow of the Chilean Maritime History Society. During his

thirty- five-year naval career, he served as asubmarine officer, attended the Acade-

mia de Guerra Naval (1983-84) and was the commander ofthe Second Naval Zone

at Talcahuano.

Mr. John B. Bellinger III is the legal adviser to the secretary of state. He is the prin-

cipal adviser on all domestic and international law matters to the Department of

State, the Foreign Service and the diplomatic and consular posts abroad. He is also

the principal adviser on legal matters relating to the conduct of foreign relations to

other agencies and, through the secretary of state, to the president and the National

Security Council. From February 2001 to January 2005, Mr. Bellinger served as se-

nior associate counsel to the president and legal adviser to the National Security

Council at the White House. He served as counsel for national security matters in

the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice from 1997 to 2001. He served

previously as counsel to the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1996), as

general counsel to the Commission on the Roles and Capabilities of the US Intelli-

gence Community (1995-96) and as special assistant to Director of Central Intelli-

gence William Webster (1988-91). From 1991 to 1995, he practiced law with