Antarctica as a model of global peace - A compelling contemporary example of how nations can thrive through collaboration.

Creator

Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Agenda Antartica.

Contributor

Werner, Horacio; Cavalcanti, Patricia; Aguas, Mariano (Eds.).

Title

Antarctica as a model of global peace - A compelling contemporary example of how nations can thrive through collaboration.

Publisher

Buenos Aires (Argentina) : Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.

Date

2025

Format

476 p.

Description

This volume brings together contributors from sixteen countries to explore one of humanity’s most remarkable achievements: the peaceful governance of Antarctica. While the continent is often discussed in terms of geopolitics, science, and environmental policy, this book takes a different approach. It examines how the Antarctic Treaty System — the world’s most successful long-standing peace agreement — offers lessons for strengthening global cooperation at a time of intensifying geopolitical tension, environmental crisis, and institutional fragmentation. The book analyzes Antarctica not merely as a remote region, but as a living laboratory of peace, consensus-building, scientific collaboration, and environmental stewardship. Through interdisciplinary chapters written by diplomats, scholars, jurists, policymakers, and conservation leaders, the volume highlights how the Antarctic model can inspire new frameworks for governance, sustainability, cooperative security, and conflict prevention in other global commons. Core themes include: the Antarctic Treaty as a milestone of human cooperation; the role of science as a foundation for peaceful governance; the challenges of consensus in a changing geopolitical landscape; the environmental urgency posed by climate change and biodiversity loss; the narrative and moral dimensions of peacebuilding; the relevance of indigenous, regional, and Global South perspectives; the potential of Antarctica to guide future global governance in the post-multilateralism era. Ultimately, the book argues that Antarctica is both a symbol and a blueprint: an inspiration for global peace, and a reminder that protecting this model is essential for ensuring a healthier, more stable, safer, and more peaceful world. By making the Antarctic experience visible and understood, humanity strengthens its capacity to preserve peace — not only on the southernmost continent, but across shared spaces worldwide.

Subject

Antarctica
Antarctic Treaty System
International law
International Cooperation
International agreement
Geopolitics

Relation

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Source

J07-080

Language

English

Type

Text

Identifier

9786319089790