UDavid A. Balton

UDavid A. Balton nguMntu oMkhulu kunye neZiko lePolar leWoodrow Wilson Centre. Ngaphambili wasebenza njengoSekela Nobhala oNcedisayo weeLwandle kunye nezokuLoba kwiSebe likaRhulumente leBureko yeeLwandle, iNdalo kunye neNzululwazi, wafumana isikhundla sokuba ngunozakuzaku ngo-2006. Wayenoxanduva lokulungelelanisa uphuhliso lomgaqo-nkqubo welizwe langaphandle wase-US malunga neelwandle nokuloba, kwaye ukongamela ukuthatha inxaxheba kwe-US kwimibutho yamazwe ngamazwe ejongene nale miba. Ipotfoliyo yakhe yayiquka ukulawula imiba yomgaqo-nkqubo wamazwe angaphandle wase-US enxulumene ne-Arctic ne-Antarctica.

Unozakuzaku uBalton usebenze njengenkokeli ekhokelayo e-US kuluhlu olubanzi lwezivumelwano kummandla weelwandle nokuloba kwaye ebechophele iintlanganiso ezininzi zamazwe ngamazwe. Ngethuba likaSihlalo we-US ye-Arctic Council (2015-2017), wakhonza njengoSihlalo wamagosa aphezulu ase-Arctic. Amava akhe angaphambili eBhunga leArctic abandakanya usihlalo ngokubambisana kweArctic Council Task Forces evelise i2011. Isivumelwano seNtsebenziswano kwi-Aeronautical and Maritime Search and Rescue in the Arctic kunye ne2013 Isivumelwano seNtsebenziswano kwi-Marine Oil Pollution Prepability and Reply in the Arctic. Yena ngokwahlukeneyo usihlalo uthethathethwano oluvelise i IsiVumelwano sokuThintela ukuLoba eLwandle oluPhezulu olungalawulwayos kuMbindi woLwandlekazi lweArctic.