Title: Diplomacy on ice : energy and the environment in the Arctic and Antarctic /
Authors: Pincus, Rebecca H.,; Ali, Saleem H. 1973-; Speth, James Gustave; Pincus, Rebecca H.,; Ali, Saleem H. 1973-
Year: 2015
Subjects: Geopolitics Polar regions.; Energy development Environmental aspects Polar regions.; NATURE / Ecology.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy.; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy.; Energy development Environmental aspects; Geopolitics.; International law; Polar regions International status.; Polar regions
Abstract: "As the race for resources in distant parts of the planet gathers momentum, most discussion has centered on the potential for conflict, environmental destruction, and upheaval from climate change. This important book shifts the conversation about the Arctic and Antarctic from conflict to cooperation. A multidisciplinary roster of experts provides fresh views of the polar regions, focusing on diplomacy and the potential for cooperative international decision-making. Collectively the contributors illustrate the breadth of issues that complicate governance in the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as parallels and differences between the politics of the two poles"--
Contents: Introduction : A cold prelude to a warming world / Saleem H. Ali and Rebecca Pincus -- Polar environmental governance and nonstate actors / Sébastien Duyck -- Interlinkages in international law : the Convention on Biological Diversity as a model for linking territory, environment, and indigenous rights in the marine Arctic / Betsy Baker -- An erosion of confidence? : the Antarctic Treaty System in the twenty-first century / Daniela Liggett -- Invasive species in the Arctic : concerns, regulations, and governance / Kamrul Hossain -- Managing polar policy through public and private regulatory standards : the case of tourism in the Antarctic / Michele Zebich-Knos -- From energy to knowledge? : building domestic knowledge-based sectors around hydro energy in Iceland and Greenland / Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen and Klaus Georg Hansen -- Arctic melting tests the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea / Asim Zia, Ilan Kelman, and Michael H. Glantz --^ Growth imperative : intermediaries, discourse frameworks, and the Arctic / Arthur Mason -- Connecting China through "creative diplomacy" : Greenland, Australia, and climate cooperation in polar regions / Damien Degeorges and Saleem H. Ali -- Security in the Arctic : a receding wall / Rebecca Pincus -- Using human rights to improve Arctic governance / Rebecca Bratspies -- Cooperative food sharing in Sheshatshiu : uncovering scenarios to support the emergent capacity of northern communities / Damián Castro, Glen Lesins, Rachel Hirsch, and Kaz Higuchi -- Crossing the land of indigenous people in the Arctic : comparison of Russian and North American experiences of economic growth and human rights in energy and infrastructure projects / Natalia Yakovleva and Richard Grover -- Emergent cooperation, or, checkmate by overwhelming collaboration : linear feet of reports, endless meetings / Glenn W. Sheehan and Anne M. Jensen --^ From northern studies to circumpolar studies : in the field and in the ether / Kathleen Osgood and Steven B. Young -- Epilogue / Rebecca Pincus.