The Scramble for the Poles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Scramble for the Poles write by Klaus Dodds. This book was released on 2015-11-30. The Scramble for the Poles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resources beneath the thawing ice. But is there really a global grab for Polar territory and resources? Or are these activities vastly exaggerated? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall look behind the headlines and hyperbole to reveal a complex picture of the so-called scramble for the poles. Whilst anxieties over the potential for conflict and the destruction of what is often perceived as the world's last wildernesses have come to dominate Polar debates and are, to some extent, justified, their study also highlights longer historical and geographical patterns and processes of human activity in these remote territories. Over the past century, Polar landscapes have been probed, drilled, fished, tested on and dug up, as their indigenous populations have struggled to protect their rights and interests. No longer remote places, or themselves 'poles apart' from one another, the contemporary geopolitics of the Polar regions has lessons for us all as we confront a warming world where access to resources is a concern for states, big and small.
The Scramble for the Arctic
The Scramble for the Arctic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Scramble for the Arctic write by Richard Sale. This book was released on 2009-12-01. The Scramble for the Arctic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In August 2007, the world reacted with consternation as Russia planted a flag beneath the ice of the North Pole, symbolizing the Kremlin's claim to the Arctic with its vast mineral resources, and firing the starting gun on the world's last colonial scramble. The Scramble for the Arctic, which includes color and black-and-white photographs, examines the history of the region and its exploration, the current state of ownership, the likely outcomes of today's power plays, and what is at stake both politically and ecologically. With the map literally being redrawn by global warming, the ownership of the Arctic will be one of the defining issues of the next decade. Amid much propaganda and obfuscation, this informed and clear-sighted account of the competing interests of nations, corporations, and indeed species will prove an invaluable resource.
The Future History of the Arctic
The Future History of the Arctic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Future History of the Arctic write by Charles Emmerson. This book was released on 2010-03-02. The Future History of the Arctic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Long at the margins of global affairs and at the edge of our mental map of the world, the Arctic has found its way to the center of the issues which will challenge and define our world in the twenty-first century: energy security and the struggle for natural resources, climate change and its uncertain speed and consequences, the return of great power competition, the remaking of global trade patterns In The Future History of the Arctic, geopolitics expert Charles Emmerson weaves together the history of the region with reportage and reflection, revealing a vast and complex area of the globe, loaded with opportunity and rich in challenges. He defines the forces which have shaped the Arctic's history and introduces the players in politics, business, science and society who are struggling to mold its future. The Arctic is coming of age. This engrossing book tells the story of how that is happening and how it might happen -- through the stories of those who live there, those who study it, and those who will determine its destiny.
The Scramble for the Poles
The Scramble for the Poles - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Scramble for the Poles write by Klaus Dodds. This book was released on 2016-01-11. The Scramble for the Poles available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In August 2007 a Russian flag was planted under the North Pole during a scientific expedition triggering speculation about a new scramble for resources beneath the thawing ice. But is there really a global grab for Polar territory and resources? Or are these activities vastly exaggerated? In this rich and wide-ranging book, Klaus Dodds and Mark Nuttall look behind the headlines and hyperbole to reveal a complex picture of the so-called scramble for the poles. Whilst anxieties over the potential for conflict and the destruction of what is often perceived as the world's last wildernesses have come to dominate Polar debates and are, to some extent, justified, their study also highlights longer historical and geographical patterns and processes of human activity in these remote territories. Over the past century, Polar landscapes have been probed, drilled, fished, tested on and dug up, as their indigenous populations have struggled to protect their rights and interests. No longer remote places, or themselves 'poles apart' from one another, the contemporary geopolitics of the Polar regions has lessons for us all as we confront a warming world where access to resources is a concern for states, big and small.
International Law and the Arctic
International Law and the Arctic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook International Law and the Arctic write by Michael Byers. This book was released on 2013-08. International Law and the Arctic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Sets out the international law relevant to the Arctic, from indigenous peoples to environmental protection to oil and gas exploration.
