The Age of the Arctic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9834352 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Oran R Young, Oran Young (0000-0003-2463-6735, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Issue | 61 |
| Pages | 160 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Foreign Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0015-7228 • E-ISSN: 1945-2276 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1148707 |
| OpenAlex | W2796034283 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
Quietly, and almost unbeknownst to the general public, the Arctic has emerged during the 1980s as a strategic arena of vital significance to both of the superpowers. As recently as the Fall 1981 issue of Foreign Affairs, the political scientist Lincoln Bloomfield of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology could present a comparatively benign view of the Arctic, arguing that the region was free of major international conflicts. Thus, he suggested, the Arctic might make an attractive laboratory for certain kinds of international cooperation. Today, however, the Arctic is rapidly becoming a focus for defense and development issues that touch on the core interests of each of the superpowers. Although this change has intensified the need for cooperative arrangements in the region, it has greatly complicated this task as well. Two trends are largely responsible for the Arctic's dramatic transformation. Recent de
Arctic · Geography · Political science · The arctic · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies · Geology · Oceanography
Searching for the North in North American Foreign Policies
Diversity Matters, Even at a Distance
Sovereignty cubed
The Great Games Never Played
Oran Young and international institutions
Regime interplay in Arctic shipping governance
Arctic sea ice and the communication of climate change
Our Common Future in the Arctic Ocean
International Region-Building
Can the Arctic Council and the Northern Forum find common ground
The United States and the making of an Arctic nation
Análisis de la militarización del Océano Ártico en base a su importancia en la sociedad internacional del Siglo XXI
Graduated and Paternal Sovereignty
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,54 |
| Citation span | 2002 - 2025 (24) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |