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The North American Arctic

22 Jan 2018

The end of the Cold and opportunities for the largest and most War, diminishing ice cover on the Arctic Ocean and the autonomous subnational jurisdictions of the North allure of extensive natural resources have changed the American Arctic (NAA) — Greenland, Nunavut, way people view the Arctic. [...] Russian Arctic dedicate substantially more attention and resources to their Arctic regions, With this surge in international interest, there has supporting them through strong governance been an increase in the number of institutions active structures, planned investment and development, in the region — the most prominent of which is the 1 and close bilateral and multilateral ties. [...] There are American region of the Arctic and confirmed some fundamental geophysical and political differences their commitment to continuing the dialogue and among the Nordic, Russian and North American finding practical initiatives that would meet the subregions of the Arctic, which can limit the focus and needs and interests of Northerners. [...] Policies about the region are often set by default, far to the south in As a consequence, dramatic economic and social Washington, Ottawa and Copenhagen, where decisions development fissures are appearing between the North are dominated by international interests poorly aligned American and the Nordic and Russian Arctic regions with the needs and interests of the people of the NAA. [...] In the Northerners are the first to recognize the disconnect that United States and Canada, irresolute national policies can occur when Arctic policies are decided thousands on the Arctic, as well as distracted public attention and of kilometres away and based on southern fiscal and limited federal infrastructure investment in the region (and, as a result, meagre private investment), show little 3
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16
Published in
Waterloo, ON, CA

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