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May 20, 2023 · Introduction. For some six decades, challenges to the Antarctic Treaty and the evolving Antarctic Treaty System have been addressed and, in many ways contributed to revitalising the regime. This has occurred through adroit diplomacy and enduring commitment to sustaining the Treaty’s principles. 1 2 Our central argument that system resilience ...
Mar 18, 2024 · Research satellites might track ice shelf shifts on Monday and on Tuesday pivot to mapping force movements in Australia. The arrival of great-power competition on Antarctic shores would mark a break from a long era in which the continent was a place of international cooperation. The Antarctic Treaty, which entered into force in 1961, prohibits ...
1. Antarctica shall be used for peaceful purposes only; any military measures, with the exception of use of military assets for scientific research or any other peaceful purpose, are prohibited. 2. Freedom of scientific investigation in Antarctica and cooperation as applied during IGY shall continue. 3.
Feb 15, 2021 · The Treaty is a Cold War relic, which means that it is better for us than anything we could negotiate today. Despite its idealistic foundation story — building on the scientific cooperation of the 1957–58 International Geophysical Year — the real impetus was the determination of the United States, the USSR, and the United Kingdom to deny their rivals control of the continent without ...
The provisions of the present treaty shall apply to the area south of 60 o South Latitude, including all ice shelves, but nothing in the present treaty shall prejudice or in any way affect the rights, orthe exercise of the rights, of any State under international law with regard to the high seas within that area. Article VII. 1.
The Antarctic Treaty, which entered into force on 23 June 1961, applies to the Antarctic region south of 60° latitude. The treaty was negotiated against the backdrop of the Cold War, when significant international debate about nuclear armament was taking place. Not all participating countries had made—or even agreed that it was appropriate ...
Jan 13, 2022 · January 13, 2022. Credit: NASA. The Antarctic Treaty System has governed affairs in Antarctica since 1961. But it is now struggling under the weight of strategic power competition and new threats ...
