Dire Straits The American-Canadian Dispute over the Northwest Passage and a Policy Recommendation to Improve Arctic Security
Global climate change is thawing the Arctic, opening once impassable northern waterways and presenting new challenges for Canada and the United States as maritime traffic in the region increases. A longstanding legal dispute over the Northwest Passage, the once-frozen strait running through Canada’s...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.651.9030 2023-05-15T14:28:48+02:00 Dire Straits The American-Canadian Dispute over the Northwest Passage and a Policy Recommendation to Improve Arctic Security Zachary S. Elder The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2014 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.651.9030 http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/9296/Undergraduate+Honors+Thesis.pdf?sequence%3D1 en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.651.9030 http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/9296/Undergraduate+Honors+Thesis.pdf?sequence%3D1 Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://dukespace.lib.duke.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/10161/9296/Undergraduate+Honors+Thesis.pdf?sequence%3D1 text 2014 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T16:26:07Z Global climate change is thawing the Arctic, opening once impassable northern waterways and presenting new challenges for Canada and the United States as maritime traffic in the region increases. A longstanding legal dispute over the Northwest Passage, the once-frozen strait running through Canada’s Arctic Archipelago, continues to hinder bilateral efforts to curtail rising threats to the environment, human health, and national security. This analysis examines the existing literature on the North American Arctic and incorporates information gathered from various American and Canadian government officials, military personnel, and academics in order to craft a solution to this legal dispute. I argue that Canada and the United States can overcome this dispute by negotiating a bilateral transit agreement, and that this bilateral agreement will catalyze efforts by both nations to implement the infrastructure improvements necessary to Text Arctic Archipelago Arctic Climate change Frozen Strait Human health Northwest passage Unknown Arctic Canada Frozen Strait ENVELOPE(-84.332,-84.332,65.751,65.751) Northwest Passage |
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Global climate change is thawing the Arctic, opening once impassable northern waterways and presenting new challenges for Canada and the United States as maritime traffic in the region increases. A longstanding legal dispute over the Northwest Passage, the once-frozen strait running through Canada’s Arctic Archipelago, continues to hinder bilateral efforts to curtail rising threats to the environment, human health, and national security. This analysis examines the existing literature on the North American Arctic and incorporates information gathered from various American and Canadian government officials, military personnel, and academics in order to craft a solution to this legal dispute. I argue that Canada and the United States can overcome this dispute by negotiating a bilateral transit agreement, and that this bilateral agreement will catalyze efforts by both nations to implement the infrastructure improvements necessary to |
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Dire Straits The American-Canadian Dispute over the Northwest Passage and a Policy Recommendation to Improve Arctic Security |
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Dire Straits The American-Canadian Dispute over the Northwest Passage and a Policy Recommendation to Improve Arctic Security |
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Dire Straits The American-Canadian Dispute over the Northwest Passage and a Policy Recommendation to Improve Arctic Security |
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Dire Straits The American-Canadian Dispute over the Northwest Passage and a Policy Recommendation to Improve Arctic Security |
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