{"product_id":"the-future-of-antarctica-jeffrey-mcgee-9789811670978","title":"The Future of Antarctica: Scenarios from Classical Geopolitics","description":"\u003cp\u003eAs global great power competition intensifies, there is growing concern about the geopolitical future of Antarctica. This book delves into the question of how can we anticipate, prepare for, and potentially even\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eshape that future? Now in its 60\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e year, the Antarctic Treaty System has been comparatively resilient and successful in governing the Antarctic region. This book assesses how our ability to make accurate predictions about the future of the Antarctic Treaty System reduces rapidly in the face of political and biophysical complexity, uncertainty, and the passage of time. This poses a critical risk for organisations making long-range decisions about their policy, strategy, and investments in the frozen south. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScenarios are useful planning tools for considering futures beyond the limits of standard prediction. This book explores how a multi-disciplinary focus of classical geopolitics might be applied systematically to create scenarios on Antarctic futures that are plausible, rigorous, and robust. This book illustrates a pragmatic, nine-step scenario development process, using the topical issue of military activities in Antarctica. Along the way, the authors make suggestions to augment current theory and practice of geopolitical scenario planning. In doing so, this book seeks to rediscover the importance of a classical (primarily state-centric) lens on Antarctic geopolitics, which in recent decades has been overshadowed by more critical perspectives. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book is written for anyone with an interest in the rigorous assessment of geopolitical futures - in Antarctica and beyond.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeffrey McGee, David Edmiston, Marcus Haward\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9811670978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789811670978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Springer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 199\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.47d","brand":"Jeffrey McGee","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44149055357183,"sku":"9789811670978","price":139.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dda910ad-f0a5-43e4-b2c6-d8eca6a19e1f.jpg?v=1688454641","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-future-of-antarctica-jeffrey-mcgee-9789811670978","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}