Australia's Antarctic strategic interests in the 21st century

• Main Author: Tony Press
• Format: Lecture
• Language: unknown
• Published: ANU Vision 2014
• Subjects: International relations; Diplomacy; Strategy > Planning; Treaties; Antarctic; Great Southern Ocean; Southern Ocean; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre; Antarctica; Australian Antarctic Division
• Online Access: http://apo.org.au/node/41368

Australia asserts sovereignty to 42% of the Antarctic continent and has a long involvement in Antarctic exploration and science. Australia also has important economic and environmental interests in the Great Southern Ocean. We are an original signatory to the Antarctic Treaty which, among other thin...