Canada's 2009 northern strategy: Cold War policy in a warming arctic.
From its founding Canada has been an Arctic nation, and has both claimed sovereignty over much of the region and viewed itself as an Arctic power. Despite this, the twentieth century has witnessed minimal development and resource allocation to this region, and Canada has failed to complete the job o...
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ftcarl:oai:cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org:p4013coll3/2733 2024-06-09T07:43:02+00:00 Canada's 2009 northern strategy: Cold War policy in a warming arctic. Bobbitt, Daniel R. School of Advanced Military Studies Monographs 2011-05-19 PDF; Adobe Acrobat Reader required; 101 p.; 783 KB. http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll3/id/2733 unknown Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College Command and General Staff College (CGSC), School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Monograph Combined Arms Research Library Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library ADA 545236 http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll3/id/2733 Approved for public release; Distribution is unlimited. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the student-authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or any other governmental agency. (References to these studies should include the foregoing statement.) Cold War Policies Canada Strategy World War 1939-1945 World War Two WWII Arctic regions Trends Security Sovereignty Textual; Maps 2011 ftcarl 2024-05-15T11:17:15Z From its founding Canada has been an Arctic nation, and has both claimed sovereignty over much of the region and viewed itself as an Arctic power. Despite this, the twentieth century has witnessed minimal development and resource allocation to this region, and Canada has failed to complete the job of nation building north. The peculiar circumstances of the Cold War have had a profound effect on shaping Canadian perceptions of the North, and for fifty years allowed Canada to largely neglect the area with little consequence. In 2009, the Canadian government issued a new Northern Strategy intended to provide a coherent vision and guidance to refocus attention north, and promote the region as a stable and prosperous region responsive to Canadian interests and values. Although circumstances have changed with the end of the Cold War and greater accessibility to and competition for Arctic resources, Canada’s Northern Strategy remains one more appropriate to the context of the Cold War than the current milieu. While talking of the new Arctic environment, Canadian policy continues to think of it in Cold War terms. As a result, Canada’s conception of the challenges faced in extending development and governance in the Arctic and the strategies to overcome these challenges are in some cases no longer relevant. Through an analysis of Canada’s Cold War Arctic strategy and policy, this monograph identifies the historical drivers of Canada’s Northern strategy and summarizes trends in the associated Canadian policy goals and objectives. The monograph also examines the factors which discouraged Canada from extending State power North during the Cold War, using the framework developed by Jeffrey Herbst to explain why African states often fail to consolidate their state power. It examines the Cold War dynamics of the assessment by Canadian leaders of the costs of state expansion north, the nature of Canada’s Northern boundaries and established buffer mechanisms, and the nature of the Arctic geo-political system to explain why ... Other/Unknown Material Arctic Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library (CARL) Digital Library Arctic Canada |
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From its founding Canada has been an Arctic nation, and has both claimed sovereignty over much of the region and viewed itself as an Arctic power. Despite this, the twentieth century has witnessed minimal development and resource allocation to this region, and Canada has failed to complete the job of nation building north. The peculiar circumstances of the Cold War have had a profound effect on shaping Canadian perceptions of the North, and for fifty years allowed Canada to largely neglect the area with little consequence. In 2009, the Canadian government issued a new Northern Strategy intended to provide a coherent vision and guidance to refocus attention north, and promote the region as a stable and prosperous region responsive to Canadian interests and values. Although circumstances have changed with the end of the Cold War and greater accessibility to and competition for Arctic resources, Canada’s Northern Strategy remains one more appropriate to the context of the Cold War than the current milieu. While talking of the new Arctic environment, Canadian policy continues to think of it in Cold War terms. As a result, Canada’s conception of the challenges faced in extending development and governance in the Arctic and the strategies to overcome these challenges are in some cases no longer relevant. Through an analysis of Canada’s Cold War Arctic strategy and policy, this monograph identifies the historical drivers of Canada’s Northern strategy and summarizes trends in the associated Canadian policy goals and objectives. The monograph also examines the factors which discouraged Canada from extending State power North during the Cold War, using the framework developed by Jeffrey Herbst to explain why African states often fail to consolidate their state power. It examines the Cold War dynamics of the assessment by Canadian leaders of the costs of state expansion north, the nature of Canada’s Northern boundaries and established buffer mechanisms, and the nature of the Arctic geo-political system to explain why ... |
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Canada's 2009 northern strategy: Cold War policy in a warming arctic. |
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Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College |
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Approved for public release; Distribution is unlimited. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are those of the student-authors and do not necessarily represent the views of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College or any other governmental agency. (References to these studies should include the foregoing statement.) |
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