Russian aggression against Ukraine: a new challenge facing Antarctic governance
Journal: Ukrainian Antarctic Journal
Year: 2022

The Antarctic Treaty System has long been seen as an example of successful international cooperation for peace, research, and environmental protection for the benefit of all humanity. However, the military aggression of one Antarctic decision-making state against another has a destructive effect on the latter’s national Antarctic program resulting in a sequestered budget, a reduced research program, and a need to support the scientists threatened or displaced by the warfare. Such military aggres