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Beyond Hans Island: the Canada–Denmark agreement's possible impact on mobility and continental shelves / Landriault, Mathieu; Pic, Pauline; Lasserre, Frederic

Lasserre, Frederic	Journal Article
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The governments of Canada and Denmark signed a historic agreement on Hans Island on 14 June 2022. Although most of the agreement was devoted to the resolution of the Hans Island dispute, it also settled other issues. We argue that provisions on mobility and the continental shelf in the Labrador Sea give rise to interesting precedents that could have far-reaching effects for northerners. The agreement on enhanced mobility could represent a first step in a more ambitious process of facilitating Inuit mobility across Nunavut and Greenland, while the settlement on the continental shelf illustrates how states could collaborate on other continental shelf cases, including the continental shelf in the Central Arctic Ocean.

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Canada ; Denmark ; Greenland ; Arctic ; Continental Shelf ; Inuit ;
Hans Island

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ID: 118011

Position of the United States on the Northwest passage: is the fear of creating a precedent warranted? / Lalonde, Suzanne; Lasserre, Frederic

Lalonde, Suzanne	Journal Article
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2013.

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For decades, Ottawa and Washington have been agreeing to disagree on the question of the legal status of the Northwest Passage. One argument which has been consistently raised on the U.S. side and which has precluded attempts to end the deadlock has been the fear of creating a negative precedent. This article assesses whether U.S. concerns are warranted: could coastal States elsewhere in the world rely on an eventual recognition of Canadian sovereignty over the Northwest Passage to bolster their claims over a local strait?

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United States ; Northwest Passage ; International Straits

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ID: 118679

Snow dragon: China's strategies in the Arctic / Alexeeva, Olga; Lasserre, Frederic

Alexeeva, Olga	Journal Article
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2012.

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In recent years, several analyses and news media articles have predicted a resurgence of tensions in the Arctic over access to maritime space. Among the contenders involved in this potential struggle is China, whose ambitions in the region are suspected to hold a destabilising potential. Yet, as Beijing is developing its policy towards the region, it remains unclear whether it will contest the claims over maritime access of countries bordering the Arctic and forcibly take over parts of the region for resource extraction purposes.

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Geopolitics ; Natural Resources ; China ; Arctic ; Sino - Russian Partnership ; Strategy

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