James Kraska is an internationally acclaimed American scholar and a distinguished professor of public international maritime law specializing in the international law of the sea and the law of maritime operations, and naval warfare. He is the current Chairman and Charles H. Stockton Professor of International Maritime Law at Stockton Center for International Law, United States Naval War College. He is also a Visiting Professor of Law and John Harvey Gregory Lecturer on World Organization at Harvard Law School. In a multifaceted academic, professional, and societal career over the past three decades, Kraska has been an embodiment of high intellectual calibre and public leadership vision to make the world more equal, secure, and sustainable. His perceptive and pioneering research in diverse