On 18–19 November 2025, the Centre for International Law (CIL) at the National University of Singapore and the Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) organized a closed-door dialogue on current issues and challenges in Arctic shipping, hosted by CIL in Singapore. The event was titled “Ecosystems, Security and Shipping: Regional and Global Challenges”, and gathered experts from both institutions, as well as some distinguished invited guests. The event led to this blog symposium, capturing some of the interventions, in a CIL-NCLOS Dialogue Symposium with the same title, “Ecosystems, Security and Shipping: Regional and Global Challenges”.
Below is the list of blogs included in this symposium
Amanda Wee Amanda Wee, Research Assistant, Ocean Law and Policy, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Yulu Liu, Research Fellow, Ocean Law and Policy, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Jan Jakub Solski, Associate Professor, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Vito De Lucia, Professor and Director, Norwegian Centre for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS), Faculty of Law, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Prof. Robert Beckman, Senior Advisor, Ocean Law and Policy, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
Bikashita Choudhury, Research Associate, Ocean Law and Policy, Centre for International Law, National University of Singapore
NB: The event was made possible thanks to the contributions of the Singapore Maritime Institute (SMI) and UiT – The Arctic University of Norway’s Strategic Funding for Collaboration with Singapore