Arctic warming could result in armed conflict: naval expert
By | Published: February 29, 2008
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Ottawa Citizen: The fast-warming Arctic’s vast economic potential makes it increasingly prone to smuggling, perilous polar tourism, environmental catastrophes and even armed conflict unless Canada and the U.S. lead efforts to bring order to the region, according to a new analysis. Former U.S. Coast Guard Lt.-Cmdr. Scott Borgerson, in the latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine, argued Washington has to start with a Canada-U.S. agreement on how the Arctic should be regulated as global warming opens …
Arctic warming could result in armed conflict: naval expert
window.document.getElementById(‘post-7932′).parentNode.className += ‘ adhesive_post’;Ottawa Citizen: The fast-warming Arctic’s vast economic potential makes it increasingly prone to smuggling, perilous polar tourism, environmental catastrophes and even armed conflict unless Canada and the U.S. lead efforts to bring order to the region, according to a new analysis. Former U.S. Coast Guard Lt.-Cmdr. Scott Borgerson, in the latest issue of Foreign Policy magazine, argued Washington has to start with a Canada-U.S. agreement on how the Arctic should be regulated as global warming opens …
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