What does it take to hold shared responsibility for the Arctic region?
Several states have declared that the Arctic is their shared responsibility at a time when global warming changes the Arctic landscape and attracts the interests of states and corporations from outside the region. Hannes Hansen-Magnusson discusses implications and potential pitfalls of making such a...
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Wiley-Blackwell
2020
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Online Access: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/136379/ https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/12/11/2020/what-does-it-take-hold-shared-responsibility-arctic-region https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/136379/1/Arctic%20Responsibility.pdf |
Summary: | Several states have declared that the Arctic is their shared responsibility at a time when global warming changes the Arctic landscape and attracts the interests of states and corporations from outside the region. Hannes Hansen-Magnusson discusses implications and potential pitfalls of making such a declaration, showing that responsibility is deeply political in its effects. In order to assume responsibility proper, states will need to widen the current formal and informal diplomatic network while facilitating the reconciliation of a diversity of viewpoints within and beyond their own borders. |
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