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Michael Byers holds a Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law. His work focuses on issues of Arctic sovereignty, climate change, the law of the sea, and Canadian foreign and defence policy. He holds major research grants from ArcticNet and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Dr. Byers has been a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford University, and a Professor of Law at Duke University. He has also taught as a visiting professor at the universities of Cape Town and Tel Aviv. Dr. Byers is the author of the national bestseller Intent for a Nation and, most recently, Who Owns the Arctic? He is a regular contributor to the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, and Ottawa Citizen.
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With climate change opening up the Arctic, a pact regulating commercial fishing in the region is urgently needed.
Melting northern waters attract Asia’s commercial giants, but they will need the help of Arctic nations to succeed.
Though China does not have jurisdiction in the Arctic Ocean, it aims to be the power behind drilling for Arctic oil.
To continue its dominance on the Arctic, the Russian Bear needs the help of foreign markets, investors and technologies.
China grows hungry for Arctic resources and shipping routes as northern ice melts.
Changing conditions in the far north have sparked excitement and unfounded concerns over potential conflict.
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