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Chapter 7 assesses how Canada, the production-oriented state most reliant on resource rents, responded to newly accessible stocks of Arctic resources. This chapter demonstrates that Canadian officials responded to the shock with assertive statements promising billions to build ice-hardened patrol sh...
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croxfordunivpr:10.1093/oso/9780190078249.003.0007 2023-05-15T14:34:51+02:00 Canada The Dog That Barks but Does Not Bite Markowitz, Jonathan N. 2020 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190078249.003.0007 unknown Oxford University Press Perils of Plenty page 154-177 book-chapter 2020 croxfordunivpr https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190078249.003.0007 2022-08-05T10:30:52Z Chapter 7 assesses how Canada, the production-oriented state most reliant on resource rents, responded to newly accessible stocks of Arctic resources. This chapter demonstrates that Canadian officials responded to the shock with assertive statements promising billions to build ice-hardened patrol ships, new bases, and Arctic training facilities. However, despite the prominent role the Arctic has played in speeches by Canadian leaders, Ottawa has been reluctant to follow through on promises to upgrade its Arctic force structure and military presence. Whereas Russia has backed its rhetoric and commitments by investing in its Arctic force structure and military capabilities, Canada has not. Talk is cheap, but ships and bases are expensive; and, as this chapter shows, Canada was unwilling to back its commitments with costly investments. If the United States is the dog that does not bark, then Canada is the dog that barks but does not bite. Book Part Arctic Oxford University Press (via Crossref) Arctic Canada 154 177 |
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Chapter 7 assesses how Canada, the production-oriented state most reliant on resource rents, responded to newly accessible stocks of Arctic resources. This chapter demonstrates that Canadian officials responded to the shock with assertive statements promising billions to build ice-hardened patrol ships, new bases, and Arctic training facilities. However, despite the prominent role the Arctic has played in speeches by Canadian leaders, Ottawa has been reluctant to follow through on promises to upgrade its Arctic force structure and military presence. Whereas Russia has backed its rhetoric and commitments by investing in its Arctic force structure and military capabilities, Canada has not. Talk is cheap, but ships and bases are expensive; and, as this chapter shows, Canada was unwilling to back its commitments with costly investments. If the United States is the dog that does not bark, then Canada is the dog that barks but does not bite. |
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