Starr Forum: The Warming Arctic: Site of a New "Cold War"?
When:
Thursday, Sep 29, 2016 4:30p -
6:00p
Thursday, Sep 29, 2016 4:30p -
6:00p
Where:
MIT 4-270 Maclaurin Building
182 Memorial Drive
Cambridge, MA 02139
Admission:
FREE
Categories:
Lectures & Conferences, University
Event website:
http://web.mit.edu/cis/eventposter_092916_WarmingArctic.html
This will explore the geopolitical implications of the thawing Arctic.
About the event:
The speakers will discuss what is at stake as trade routes and mineral deposits open up due to Climate Change. The changing landscape in the Arctic opens up tremendous potential, but also the possibility of geopolitical conflict among the littoral states. We will ask our speakers to address the following topics, among others: What should be the new international regime governing Arctic exploration and passage? What are US and Russian objectives in the Arctic? Can the states surrounding the Arctic agree about governance? How great is the potential for conflict over Arctic resources and re-militarization?
About the Speakers:
Marlene Laruelle, George Washington University; author, Russia's Arctic Strategy and the Future of the Far North (2013)
Lawrence Susskind, Ford Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Director, MIT Science Impact Collaborative
Kenneth Yalowitz, former Ambassador to Belarus and Georgia; director, Conflict Resolution Center, Georgetown University; senior fellow, Arctic Studies at Dartmouth
[Carol Saivetz and Elizabeth Wood, co-chairs]
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