South Africa, Antarctica and the ATS: an unrealized foreign policy opportunity

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aut.relation.endpage218
aut.relation.issue2en_NZ
aut.relation.startpage195
aut.relation.volume42en_NZ
aut.researcherVerbitsky, Jane Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorVerbitsky, JEen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2015-05-26T04:34:27Z
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-02T03:17:45Z
dc.date.available2015-05-26T04:34:27Z
dc.date.available2015-12-02T03:17:45Z
dc.date.copyright2015-03-31en_NZ
dc.date.issued2015-03-31en_NZ
dc.description.abstractAlthough South Africa is a founding member of the Antarctic Treaty, the southernmost continent has played little part in its post-apartheid foreign policy. This article, however, argues that vigorous engagement with Antarctica and Antarctic politics represents an unparalleled opportunity and means for the Republic to simultaneously assert leadership in an increasingly important area of global politics and to address some of its most critical socio-economic problems. It suggests that South Africa, because of its founding member status, is uniquely positioned to be able to advocate for and champion reform of the Antarctic Treaty to achieve greater democratisation of Antarctic governance and the introduction of a bio-prospecting governance framework in the Antarctic commons based on equitable benefit-sharing – two actions that would help reorient South African foreign policy to better meet some of its expressed objectives, and could also generate capital funding revenue for domestic development priorities.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationPolitikon: The South African Journal of Political Studies, vol.42(2), pp.195 - 218en_NZ
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/02589346.2015.1041670en_NZ
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/9296
dc.languageEnglishen_NZ
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_NZ
dc.relation.replaceshttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/8794
dc.relation.replaces10292/8794
dc.relation.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02589346.2015.1041670en_NZ
dc.rightsThis is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Politikon: The South African Journal of Political Studies on 02 Jul 2015, available online: http://wwww.tandfonline.com/10.1080/02589346.2015.1041670 .
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccessen_NZ
dc.subjectSouth Africa; Antarctica; Governance; Global commons; Democratisation; Bio-prospecting
dc.titleSouth Africa, Antarctica and the ATS: an unrealized foreign policy opportunityen_NZ
dc.typeJournal Article
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