China's Arctic Ambitions and What They Mean for Canada

Author:   P. Whitney Lackenbauer ,  Adam Lajeunesse ,  Frederic Lasserre ,  James Manicom
Publisher:   University of Calgary Press
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Pages:   274
Publication Date:   30 January 2018
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Author:   P. Whitney Lackenbauer ,  Adam Lajeunesse ,  Frederic Lasserre ,  James Manicom
Publisher:   University of Calgary Press
Imprint:   University of Calgary Press
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.50cm
Weight:   0.440kg
ISBN:  

9781552389010


ISBN 10:   1552389014
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   30 January 2018
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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illustrations Abbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Situating the Arctic in China's Strategy 2. The Snow Dragon: China, Polar Science, and the Environment 3. Sovereignty and Shipping 4. Arctic Resources and China's Rising Demand 5. China and Arctic Governance: Uncertainty and Potential Friction 6. The Way Ahead Notes Bibliography Index Biographies

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Although one can fairly wonder whether the authors are a trifle too rosyabout the reconcilability of Canadas and Chinas Arctic agendas, they haveproduced a solidly researched and thought-provoking volume . John McCannon, Pacific Affairs, Vol 91 No 4 Lackenbauer et al. effectively counter the most overheated rhetoric about China's Arctic interests...a solidly researched and through-provoking volume. - John McCannon, Pacific Affairs This book captures the multifaceted nature of the Arctic as scientific and security frontier and recognizes the complex dilemmas this region faces with sovereignty, security, and stewardship. -- Ellen A. Ahlness, American Review of Canadian Studies


Although one can fairly wonder whether the authors are a trifle too rosyabout the reconcilability of Canadas and Chinas Arctic agendas, they haveproduced a solidly researched and thought-provoking volume . John McCannon, Pacific Affairs, Vol 91 No 4


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P. Whitney Lackenbauer is a professor of History at St. Jerome's University (University of Waterloo) who specializes in Arctic sovereignty and security issues, Aboriginal-state relations, circumpolar history, and modern Canadian military, diplomatic and political history. He is the editor of the multi-award-winning A Historical and Legal Study of Sovereignty in the Canadian North (UCalgary Press). Adam Lajeunesse is the Irving Shipbuilding Chair in Arctic Marine Security Policy at St. Francis Xavier University. He is a Research Associate at the Centre for Military, Strategic, and Security Studies and the Arctic Institute of North America at the University of Calgary, and a fellow with the Centre on Foreign Policy and Federalism at the University of Waterloo. Dr. Lajeunesse is a regular lecturer at the NATO Defence College (Rome) and the Canadian Forces College (Toronto), as well as a frequent speaker on northern security issues for academic, government, and military audiences. He is the author of Lock, Stock and Icebergs (UBC Press) - a history of Canada's Arctic maritime sovereignty. Frédéric Lasserre is a professor of Geography at Laval University, Directeur du Centre Québécois d'Ãtudes géopolitiques and a research associate at Groupe d'études et de recherche sur l'Asie contemporaine. James Manicom is a Research Fellow at the Centre for International Governance Innovation. He is the author of Bridging Troubled Waters: China, Japan and Maritime Order in the East China Sea (Georgetown University Press).

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