Arctique : une traversée stratégique

`titrebMathilde Le Clainche and Frédéric Pesme, The Arctic: a Strategic Crossover `/titrebWill the Great North be the battleground of 21st century territorial claims? The Arctic’s ever-changing landscape – as caused by global warming – is an environmental challenge, as well as the subject of territo...

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Main Authors: Le Clainche, Mathilde, Pesme, Frédéric
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:French
Published: 2011
Subjects:
geo
Online Access:http://www.cairn.info/article.php?ID_ARTICLE=PE_104_0857
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Summary:`titrebMathilde Le Clainche and Frédéric Pesme, The Arctic: a Strategic Crossover `/titrebWill the Great North be the battleground of 21st century territorial claims? The Arctic’s ever-changing landscape – as caused by global warming – is an environmental challenge, as well as the subject of territorial disputes relative to energy resources and international commerce. The partitioning of the Arctic’s potential resources to neighboring countries has been the topic of all-out disputes. If the current leaning towards militarization escalates to a new zone of conflict, regional strategic ambitions will have to be resolved by a specifically-created multilateral legal framework. Le Grand Nord sera-t-il le nouveau terrain de lutte du xxie siècle ? Sa cartographie mouvante, redessinée par le changement climatique, mêle les défis environnementaux aux questions énergétiques, et de commerce international. La répartition de ses ressources potentielles entre les pays riverains fait l’objet de contentieux ouverts. Si une certaine militarisation dessine une nouvelle zone conflictuelle, les ambitions stratégiques pourraient s’accorder dans un nouveau cadre juridique multilatéral. politique étrangère