The Soviet Union and the Antarctic Regime

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ID9560810
AuthorsBoleslaw A Boczek (Kent State University, corresponding author)
Year1984
Volume78
Issue4
Pages834-858
Publication date1984-10-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Journal of International Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-9300 • E-ISSN: 2161-7953
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2202198
OpenAlexW2335355620
LanguageEN
Citations received13

Ever since the Antarctic regime began the third, crucial decade of its existence following the entry into effect of the Antarctic Treaty in 1961, interest in the frozen continent has escalated. This interest has spawned an immense social science literature, which analyzes the diverse legal, political and economic aspects of Antarctica and the surrounding oceans. The Antarctic regime has been universally and deservedly hailed both in the West and, especially, in the East as an unprecedented example of peaceful cooperation among states professing conflicting ideologies and, one might add, belonging to adversary alliances—as witnessed especially by the participation in the regime of the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union. Yet much of the pertinent scholarly writing devotes primary or exclusive attention to the position of the United States within this regime; except for incidental references in some works, not one study has appeared anywhere that deals with the position of the Soviet Union on major substantive issues arising within the context of the Antarctic regime. This study will attempt to fill this gap by comprehensively examining the topic of Soviet participation in the affairs of the southern continent

Context (archaeology · Economics · Geography · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Position (finance · Sociology · Soviet union · Treaty · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Canadian Identity and History · Law · Polar Research and Ecology

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