Identifying national interests in Antarctica: the case of Canada
ABSTRACT During the past decade, most publications on Antarctic politics and law have concentrated upon broader developments at the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) level. Less attention has been devoted to the nature of national interests in Antarctica and ways of balancing different policy objectives...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247400067553 2024-03-03T08:38:06+00:00 Identifying national interests in Antarctica: the case of Canada Beck, Peter J. 1996 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400067553 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247400067553 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 32, issue 183, page 335-346 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 General Earth and Planetary Sciences Ecology Geography, Planning and Development journal-article 1996 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247400067553 2024-02-08T08:48:51Z ABSTRACT During the past decade, most publications on Antarctic politics and law have concentrated upon broader developments at the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) level. Less attention has been devoted to the nature of national interests in Antarctica and ways of balancing different policy objectives through time. Canada, though failing to accede to the Antarctic Treaty until 1988, offers a useful case study illuminating the broad range of interests influencing the policy of individual governments toward Antarctica, and particularly the reasons why states lacking clear national interests therein participate in the ATS. For Canada, Antarctica has always been viewed principally from an Arctic perspective. The resulting low priority of Antarctica explains Canada's initial non-involvement in the ATS. However, by the late 1980s, accession to the Antarctic Treaty was deemed desirable on policy grounds, even if Canada assumed only alow key role in the ATS, at least until 1994–1995, when the appointment of an Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs was apparently followed by a more active bi-polar strategy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Antarctic The Antarctic Canada Polar Record 32 183 335 346 |
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ABSTRACT During the past decade, most publications on Antarctic politics and law have concentrated upon broader developments at the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) level. Less attention has been devoted to the nature of national interests in Antarctica and ways of balancing different policy objectives through time. Canada, though failing to accede to the Antarctic Treaty until 1988, offers a useful case study illuminating the broad range of interests influencing the policy of individual governments toward Antarctica, and particularly the reasons why states lacking clear national interests therein participate in the ATS. For Canada, Antarctica has always been viewed principally from an Arctic perspective. The resulting low priority of Antarctica explains Canada's initial non-involvement in the ATS. However, by the late 1980s, accession to the Antarctic Treaty was deemed desirable on policy grounds, even if Canada assumed only alow key role in the ATS, at least until 1994–1995, when the appointment of an Ambassador for Circumpolar Affairs was apparently followed by a more active bi-polar strategy. |
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