Political Science Security (national & International)
Polar Cousins
Comparing Antarctic and Arctic Geostrategic Futures
- Publisher
- University of Calgary Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 2022
- Category
- Security (National & International), Geopolitics, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781773853918
- Publish Date
- Dec 2022
- List Price
- $39.99
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Description
Geopolitics and climate change now have immediate consequences for national and international security interests across the Arctic and Antarctic. The world’s polar regions are contested and strategically central to geopolitical rivalry. At the same time, rapid political, social, and environmental change presents unprecedented challenges for governance, environmental protection, and maritime operations in the regions.
With chapters that raise awareness, address challenges, and inform policy options, Polar Cousins reviews the state of strategic thinking and options on Antarctica and the Southern Oceans in light of experience in the circumpolar North. Prioritizing strategic issues, it provides an essential discussion of geostrategic thinking, strategic policy, and strategy development.
Featuring contributions from international defence experts, scientists, academics, policymakers, and decisionmakers, Polar Cousins offers key insights into the challenges unique to the polar regions.
About the authors
Christian Leuprecht (Ph.D, Queen’s) is Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership, Department of Political Science, Royal Military College, on leave as Matthew Flinders Fellow at Flinders University in South Australia. He is a recipient of RMC’s Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research and an elected member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada. He is president of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee 01: Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution, Munk Senior Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute and cross-appointed to the Department of Political Studies and the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University where he is also a fellow of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations and the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy. An expert in security and defence, political demography, and comparative federalism and multilevel governance, he has held visiting positions in North America, Europe, and Australia, and is regularly called as an expert witness to testify before committees of Parliament.
Editorial Reviews
Seeks to push the conversation beyond uncertainty, fear, and chaos, towards a meticulous analysis of strategies to face these times of climate change and security crisis . . . provides a timely comparison of the two poles and highlights essential topics for the future of both regions.
H-Net Reviews
Critically important and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, college, and university library collections
Midwest Book Review
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