Arctic Policy for Canada's Tomorrow
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200906400418 |
| Date | 01 December 2009 |
| Published date | 01 December 2009 |
| Author | Helga Haftendorn |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Helga Haftendorn is professor emeritus of political science and international relations at the
Free University of Berlin.
1 Franklyn Griffiths, “Towards a Canadian Arctic strategy,”
Foreign Policy for Canada’s
Tomorrow
no. 1, Canadian International Council, June 2009; Rob Huebert, “Canadian
Arctic sovereignty and security in a transforming circumpolar world,”
Foreign policy for
Canada’s Tomorrow
no. 3, Canadian International Council, July 2009; F. Whitney
Lackenbauer, “From polar race to polar saga: An integrated strategy for Canada and the
circumpolar world,”
Foreign policy fo r Canada’s Tomorrow
no. 4, Canadian
International Council, July 2009.
As a result of climate change, a new region is opening up. The melting of the
polar ice in the Arctic, however slow it may be, unlocks huge reserves of
minerals and hydroca rbons, makes new coast al passages navigable, and
changes northerners’ way of life. At the same time, the risks of intrusion, of
pollution, and of environmental deterioration grow. No wonder that these
developments have spurred a lively debate in every Arctic country, especially
in Canada, w hich has an extensive frontier on the Arctic Ocean and large
land holdings in the polar region. Diverging interests and competing claims
in the Arctic could potentially lead to regional conflicts.
Three well-known Canadian experts on the north—Franklyn Griffiths of
the University of Toronto, Rob Huebert from Calgary, and F. Whitney
Lackenbauer from Waterloo—have written a series of well-thought-through
papers on the future of the Arctic.1They want to start Canadians on their way
R E V I E W S
Helga Haftendorn
Arctic policy for
Canada’s tomorrow
A review essay
| International Journal | Autumn 2009 | 1139 |
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