Entries tagged as “Northwest Passage”

Canada’s Arctic Strategy – playing to the strengths of others

Last week I the good fortune of participating in an intimate workshop on Canadian foreign policy hosted by CIGI and convened in preparation for an upcoming issue of the International Journal in which the papers will be published. One of the participants, Elizabeth Riddell-Dixon, gave an excellent paper on The United Nations and the Regime [...]

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Better late than never…

So it looks like some people in the US are finally coming around to the fact that they should recognize Canada’s claim on the Northwest Passage. A former U.S. ambassador to Ottawa says it’s time for his country to reconsider its traditional position on Arctic sovereignty and admit that the Northwest Passage is part of [...]

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