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Australia and the Antarctic Treaty System: 50 Years of Influence
Author(s): Professor Marcus Haward (Editor), Tom Griffiths (Editor), Richard Woolcott AC (Foreword)
- Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
- Publication Date: 1 Jan. 2012
- Language: English
- Print length: 352 pages
- ISBN-10: 174223223X
- ISBN-13: 9781742232232
Book Description
The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) has been a notably successful international collaboration that has fostered scientific discovery, environmental protection and–most of all–peace, while enabling national interest and endeavor. Published to coincide with the Antarctic Treaty’s 50th anniversary, this record examines Australia’s crucial contributions to the ATS throughout its history–including legal, diplomatic, historical, environmental, and scientific assistance. Filling the gap of Australia’s involvement in Antarctic politics and diplomacy, this book will especially interest historians, policy makers, and international law specialists.
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About the Author
Marcus Haward is an associate professor in the School of Government at the University of Tasmania. He is also a member of the Australian delegation’s Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting and a member of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources. Tom Griffiths is the W. K. Hancock Professor of History at the Australian National University and author of Slicing the Silence: Voyaging to Antarctica, which won the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History. Richard Woolcott, AC, is a former Australian diplomat, having held such positions as ambassador, High Commissioner, and Secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. He is the author of The Hot Seat and Undiplomatic Activities.
