Towards an Antarctic security and defense forum

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Polar Journal Pub Date : 2023-01-02 DOI:10.1080/2154896X.2023.2205235

Ryan P. Burke

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Abstract

ABSTRACT As earth’s lone uninhabited and ungoverned continent, Antarctica contains 70% of all fresh water on the planet in addition to a potential treasure trove of yet undiscovered natural and biological resources1. It is peripherally relevant geographically but centrally relevant geopolitically. The southernmost continent is the final frontier of 21st century strategic competition; a resource-rich region ripe for territorial expansion opportunities that may yield economic and even military advantage for those states best positioned to capitalise on its vulnerability. To avoid Antarctica devolving into a militarised continent plagued by conflict and resource wars, the international community must establish an Antarctic Security and Defense Forum (ASDF). The ASDF will address these challenges through coordinated global governance initiatives leveraging the longstanding institutional strength of the Antarctic Treaty and offering supplemental dialogue specific to military issues to confront the challenge rather than look the other way. This article examines the leading geostrategic issues for Antarctica, then it tables a blueprint for a viable Antarctic Security and Defence Forum.

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建立南极安全与防务论坛

摘要：作为地球上唯一一块无人居住、无人管理的大陆，南极洲除了蕴藏着尚未被发现的潜在自然和生物资源宝库外，还蕴藏着地球上70%的淡水。它在地理上与周边地区相关，但在地缘政治上与中心地区相关。最南端的大陆是21世纪战略竞争的最后前沿；这是一个资源丰富的地区，有机会进行领土扩张，这可能会为那些最有能力利用其脆弱性的国家带来经济甚至军事优势。为了避免南极洲演变成一个饱受冲突和资源战争困扰的军事化大陆，国际社会必须建立一个南极安全与防御论坛。ASDF将通过协调一致的全球治理举措来应对这些挑战，利用《南极条约》的长期体制优势，并提供针对军事问题的补充对话，以应对挑战，而不是另眼相看。本文探讨了南极洲的主要地缘战略问题，然后为一个可行的南极安全与防务论坛制定了蓝图。

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Polar Journal Arts and Humanities-Arts and Humanities (all)

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期刊介绍： Antarctica and the Arctic are of crucial importance to global security. Their governance and the patterns of human interactions there are increasingly contentious; mining, tourism, bioprospecting, and fishing are but a few of the many issues of contention, while environmental concerns such as melting ice sheets have a global impact. The Polar Journal is a forum for the scholarly discussion of polar issues from a social science and humanities perspective and brings together the considerable number of specialists and policy makers working on these crucial regions across multiple disciplines. The journal welcomes papers on polar affairs from all fields of the social sciences and the humanities and is especially interested in publishing policy-relevant research. Each issue of the journal either features articles from different disciplines on polar affairs or is a topical theme from a range of scholarly approaches. Topics include: • Polar governance and policy • Polar history, heritage, and culture • Polar economics • Polar politics • Music, art, and literature of the polar regions • Polar tourism • Polar geography and geopolitics • Polar psychology • Polar archaeology Manuscript types accepted: • Regular articles • Research reports • Opinion pieces • Book Reviews • Conference Reports.