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August 08, 2007

How to stop the Arctic from going Communist

Ok, post-communist. Scott Borgerson of the Coast Guard Academy writes in the IHT that it's time to internationalize the Arctic, just as we did the Moon and the South Pole.

Fact is, sometimes a treaty is the only way to prevent the Russians from taking something over.

BONUS: It looks like the Moon Treaty is woefully under-signed and under-ratified.

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