Title: Environmental security in the Arctic Ocean : promoting co-operation and preventing conflict /
Authors: Berkman, Paul Arthur.; Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
Publisher: Published on behalf of The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies by Routledge Journals,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Environmental policy Arctic regions.; Environmental protection Arctic regions
Abstract: The North Pole is being transformed from a sea-ice cap to a seasonally ice-free sea within the next few decades. This fundamental shift in the boundary conditions of the Arctic Ocean will create a new natural system with different dynamics than anything previously experienced by humans in the region. With the diminishing ice cover, interests are awakening globally to take advantage of extensive energy, shipping, fishing and tourism prospects in the Arctic Ocean. A range of states, including the major Arctic powers, are increasingly asserting their sovereignty seawards. National security policies are being declared and nuclear-capable states are adjusting their strategic deployments in the Arctic Ocean.
Contents: Introduction -- The Arctic Ocean -- Beyond national boundaries -- Matters of security -- Arctic Ocean stewardship -- Global statesmanship.