Australian Military Urged To Plan For Greater Antarctic Role As Nations Eye Its Natural Resources

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Australia claims 42% of Antarctica as its own, though the international community doesn't recognize that claim. Now, the Lowy Institute for International Policy has issued a policy brief urges the nation to stop thinking of Antarctic as a national security issue. As The Age glibly puts it, stop thinking of Antarctica as just a "scientific playground".
Behind it all: Climate change and similar growing ambitions to grab natural resources to what we're seeing in the Arctic.

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