David A. Balton

David A. Balton ndi Senior Fellow ndi Woodrow Wilson Center's Polar Institute. M'mbuyomu adakhala Wachiwiri kwa Mlembi Wachiwiri wa Oceans and Fisheries mu dipatimenti ya State of Oceans, Environment and Science, atalandira udindo wa Ambassador mu 2006. Iye anali ndi udindo woyang'anira chitukuko cha mfundo zakunja za US zokhudzana ndi nyanja ndi usodzi. kuyang'anira kutenga nawo mbali kwa US m'mabungwe apadziko lonse omwe akulimbana ndi izi. Mbiri yake idaphatikizapo kuyang'anira nkhani zakunja zaku US zokhudzana ndi Arctic ndi Antarctica.

Kazembe Balton adagwira ntchito ngati wotsogolera zokambirana za US pamapangano osiyanasiyana okhudzana ndi nyanja ndi usodzi ndipo adatsogolera misonkhano yambiri yapadziko lonse lapansi. Paupampando waku US wa Arctic Council (2015-2017), adakhala Wapampando wa Akuluakulu Akuluakulu a Arctic. Zomwe adakumana nazo m'mbuyomu ku Arctic Council zidaphatikizapo kutsogolera gulu la Arctic Council Task Forces lomwe linapanga 2011. Mgwirizano pa Cooperation pa Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue ku Arctic ndi 2013 Mgwirizano pa Mgwirizano pa Kukonzekera kwa Kuwonongeka kwa Mafuta a Marine ndi Kuyankha ku Arctic. Payokha adatsogolera zokambirana zomwe zidapanga Mgwirizano Woletsa Kusodza Kwapanyanja Kosayendetsedwas ku Central Arctic Ocean.