Canada and the changing Arctic : sovereignty, security, and stewardship / Franklyn Griffiths, Rob Huebert, and P. Whitney Lackenbauer ; forewords by Bill Graham and Hugh Segal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Griffiths, Franklyn.

Contributor:

Huebert, Robert N. (Robert Neil), 1960-

Lackenbauer, P. Whitney.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boundaries.

Government policy.

Military policy.

Canada, Northern--Strategic aspects.

Canada, Northern.

Arctic regions--Strategic aspects.

Arctic regions.

Arctic Regions.

Canada, Northern--Military policy.

Canada, Northern--Government policy.

Canada--Boundaries--Arctic regions.

Canada.

Northern Canada.

Physical Description:

xxix, 310 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2011]

Summary:

Global warming is having a dramatic impact on the Arctic environment, resulting in melting ice and the opening of previously ice-covered waterways. State and non-state actors who look to the region and its resources with varied agendas have started to pay attention. Do new geopolitical dynamics point to a competitive and inherently conflictual "race for resources"? Or will the Arctic become a region governed by mutual benefit, international law, and the achievement of a widening array of cooperative arrangements among interested states and Indigenous peoples?

As an Arctic nation Canada is not immune to the consequences of these transformations. In Canada and the Changing Arctic: Sovereignty, Security, and Stewardship, the authors, all leading commentators on Arctic affairs, grapple with fundamental questions about how Canada should craft a responsible and effective Northern strategy. They outline diverse paths to achieving sovereignty, security, and stewardship in Canada's Arctic and in the broader circumpolar world.

Franklyn Griffiths is a professor emeritus of international politics and the George Ignatieff Chair Emeritus of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Toronto, from which he retired in 2001. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security in a Transforming Circumpolar World / Rob Huebert Huebert, Rob 13

Understanding Sovereignty and Security 14

Canadian Concepts of Arctic Sovereignty and Security 19

The Changing Arctic 25

Conclusion 59

3 From Polar Race to Polar Saga: An Integrated Strategy for Canada and the Circumpolar World / P. Whitney Lackenbauer Lackenbauer, P. Whitney 69

Background 72

Defence 93

Diplomacy 118

Development 146

Conclusion 161

4 Towards a Canadian Arctic Strategy / Franklyn Griffiths Griffiths, Franklyn 181

The Arctic as an Arena 183

Arctic Strategy for Canada 195

Domestic Sources of Stewardship 211

Recommendations 218

5 Sovereignty, Security, and Stewardship: An Update / P. Whitney Lackenbauer Lackenbauer, P. Whitney 227

Canada's Northern Strategy 227

The Emerging Arctic Security Regime? 228

Appendix: Statement on Canada's Arctic Foreign Policy: Exercising Sovereignty and Promoting Canada's Northern Strategy Abroad, August 2010 / Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade Trade, Department of Foreign Affairs and International 255

Introduction 255

Exercising Sovereignty 257

Promoting Economic and Social Development 261

Protecting the Arctic Environment 265

Improving and Devolving Governance 270

The Way Forward 271.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-301) and index.

ISBN:

9781554583386

1554583381

OCLC:

693814286