Confronting Arctic Security - Let’s Stop Chasing Spectres at the South Pole!
All ‘measures of a military nature’- other than logistic and technical support for scientific endeavours - are prohibited by the Antarctic Treaty, which remains widely observed some 66 years after it was negotiated in 1959. However, conversations about ‘Antarctic security’ appear to be increasing in frequency and salience. In their article for
Priv Spotlight, Tom Lord and Patrick Flamm note that mounting concerns about militarization and national security also echo within parliamentary debating chambers of key Antarctic nations. To ensure Antarctica’s peaceful future, states must invest more in the political work necessary to promote international cooperation in the “exceptional” political space, rather than chasing security spectres based on traditional national and military security concerns that have been largely disarmed by the Antarctic Treaty
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