Shirley V. Scott is theDeputy President of the Academic Board of UNSW Sydneyand a Professor of International Law and International Relations at UNSW Canberra. Professor Scott's research lies at the intersection of International Law and International Relations and she has published widely in journals of both disciplines. She is a former president of the Asian Society of International Law and a former chair of the International Law Section of the International Studies Association. One of Professor Scott's most significant contributions to scholarship has been her theory of international law as ideology. She has also published on topics including the nature of the engagement of the United States with international law, the role of the UN Security Council in the global response to climate insecurity, and Antarctic governance. Professor Scott was an academic observer with the Australian delegation to the 45th ATCM in Helsinki.

Tim Stephens is a Professor of International Law at the University of Sydney. He teaches and researches public international law, with his published work focussing on the international law of the sea, international environmental law and international dispute settlement. Professor Stephens' major publications include The International Law of the Sea (Hart, 2010, 2016, 2023 co-authored with Donald R Rothwell) and International Courts and Environmental Protection (Cambridge University Press, 2009). He holds a PhD in law from the University of Sydney, an [...] in geography from the University of Cambridge, and BA and LLB degrees (both with Honours) from the University of Sydney. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law.

Jeffrey McGee is an Associate Professor at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies (IMAS) and Faculty of Law at the University of Tasmania. His work is published in leading international journals in the fields of Antarctic policy, international environmental law, and climate change policy. He co-edited the book Anthropocene Antarctica, a special issue of the Australian Journal of Maritime and Ocean Affairs on 21st Century Challenges to the Antarctic Treaty System, and the Edward Elgar Research Handbook on Climate Change, Oceans and Coasts. He is an affiliated researcher with Humanities and Social Science expert group of the Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research. He is also a member of the Australian Government's consultative forum for the Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources and the Tasmanian Polar [...] 2021, Jeff was a member of the Australian delegation to the 43rd Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting. He also has experience as a lecturer on tourist flights to the Ross Sea area and East Antarctica.

Chapter 1. The Antarctic Treaty System in the Context of Geopolitical, Technological and Environmental Change.- Part I. Historical Case Studies.- Chapter 2. Management of Southern Ocean marine living resources: The origins and development of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources.- Chapter 3. The tension between regional and universal regimes for Antarctic governance.- Chapter 4. Managing Antarctic tourism: Cooperation between industry and Antarctic Treaty Consultative Parties.- Chapter 5. The CAMLR Convention and IUU Fishing.- Chapter 6. CCAMLR current challenges: Implementation of marine spatial planning for marine biodiversity conservation.- Chapter 7. Antarctic heritage as a nation-building block since 1972.- Part II. Current Geopolitical Tensions in Antarctica and the Southern Ocean.- Chapter 8. Implications of Current Global Tensions on the Effectiveness of the Antarctic Treaty System.- Chapter 9. Environmental change and geopolitical tension in the Antarctic Treaty System.- Chapter 10. Consensus under pressure in CCAMLR: Suggesting rigour and clarity in process and interpretation to help alleviate internal and external pressures.- Chapter 11. Non-militarisation of Antarctica: Geopolitical foundations and challenges.- Chapter 12. Geopolitical changes and futures of CCAMLR.- Chapter 13. Sub-Antarctic Islands: Sovereignty issues.- Chapter 14. Mining in Antarctica to 2048 and beyond.- Part III. Perspectives on Antarctic Geopolitics.- Chapter 15. Classical geopolitics and Antarctica.- Chapter 16. Feminist perspectives.- Chapter 17. Chinese perspectives on Antarctic geopolitics.- Chapter 18. A South American Perspective on Antarctic Geopolitics.- Chapter 19. An Indian Perspective on Antarctic Geopolitics: Balancing between Normative and Instrumental Imperatives.- Part IV. Conclusions.- Chapter 20. Synthesis and lessons drawn.