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Dr Michael Underdown FRSSA is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at Cairns Institute, James Cook University, Cairns. He is also a Professor at the Global Humanistic University in Curacao/Anguilla, DBA Advisor at KMU Akademie, Linz/Middlesex University, London and Visiting professor at Jilin University and Northeast Normal University in Changchun, China. Dr Underdown studied Law and Oriental Studies in Australia, Belgium, Portugal and Germany and, in addition to academic appointments in Australia, New Zealand and South Korea, has held research fellowships in the Soviet Union, United Kingdom, China and South Korea. He has ongoing research interests in law, history, philosophy, linguistics and management. He is admitted to the High Courts of Australia and New Zealand and has practised as both a solicitor and barrister, specialising in maritime law, port law and fisheries law, and was a Special Counsel at Clayton Utz. Michael is a member of maritime arbitration panels in China and Malaysia and has headed a multilateral trade facilitation project for UNDP.