Canada's northern strategy and east Asian interests in the Arctic /

This project has been made possible thanks to generous funding from The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Japan Foundation, as well as the kind support of the Asia-Pacific Foundation of Canada, Yukon College, the Balsillie School of International Affairs, the Japan Futures Initiative, Renison University College at the University of Waterloo and the University of Saskatc [...] He Early in the new millennium, climate change reports, emphasized collaboration and cooperation, stating that vigorous academic and media debates, and hyperbolic “The depth and complexity of the challenges facing the rhetoric over boundary disputes like Hans Island and the Arctic are significant, and we recognize the importance status of the NWP raised acute concerns about Canadian of addressing [...] Problematically, keeping the rest of the world at a distance.” East Asian the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf commentators, however, insist that the Arctic Ocean has not ruled on disputed aspects of these submissions, cannot be considered the private and exclusive preserve because each party has protested various aspects of the of the Arctic coastal states. [...] While many of these players could have a contribution to make in 8 In his review of China’s Arctic interests for Defence Research and the development of the North, Canada Development Canada, Christensen (2010) seems to have examined does not accept the premise that the these authors and not the other side of the debate. [...] Liu and extent” of connections between the Arctic and the Huirong of the Oceanic University of China argues that rest of the globe (Council of Canadian Academies 2008, an ongoing focus on climate change offers China the best 4).