The United States, the South Atlantic, and Antarctic: Interests and Challenges

• Main Author: McNaught, Pamela J.
• Other Authors: NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1990
• Subjects: Government and Political Science; *SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; UNITED STATES; COMMUNITIES; REGIONS; CONFLICT; OCEAN ENVIRONMENTS; ANTARCTIC REGIONS; GLOBAL; SHIFTING; *INTERNATIONAL POLITICS; TREATIES; SECURITY; COOPERATION; SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH AFRICA; COMPETITION; NATURAL RESOURCES; SEA LANES OF COMMUNICATION; NAVAL OPERATIONS; FOREIGN POLICY; BALANCE OF POWER; SOVEREIGNTY; SPHERES OF INFLUENCE; NATIONAL INTERESTS; Antarctic; Lanes; Antarc*; Antarctica; South Atlantic Ocean
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA237990; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA237990

The United States currently has interests in both the South Atlantic Ocean area and in Antarctica which have traditionally taken a back seat to U.S. interests in other regions. In the closing years of the twentieth century, those interests likely will receive more attention as the United States and...