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The Arctic: An Opportunity To Cooperate And Demonstrate Statesmanship, Dr. Hans Corell
The Arctic: An Opportunity To Cooperate And Demonstrate Statesmanship, Dr. Hans Corell
Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law
The Article discusses in four distinct parts disputes relating to maritime boundaries in the Arctic; "gaps" in the legal regime in the Arctic; environmental and security concerns; and the administration of the Arctic.
Regarding the first item, the Article maintains that the point of departure is that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea applies also in the Arctic. Overlapping claims by the coastal states are perfectly legitimate and thus should not be dramatized. What matters is how such differences are resolved.
Referring to suggestions that there are "gaps" in the Arctic legal regime and that a …