contested places
- Created by: sana.2000
- Created on: 29-04-19 14:28
View mindmap
- superpower - contested places
- Artic circle
- 1) ownership of physical resources is disputed
- 2) disagreements exist over their exploitation
- resources
- oil
- gas
- accessibility
- due to climate change
- Artic ice thaws each summer
- new transport routes open
- reduced distance and time
- 2012 - 71 cargo ship /2014 - 46 cargo ships
- due to climate change
- countries
- Denmark
- Russia
- Norway
- USA
- USA
- unclaimed
- disputes over EEZ
- political and military tensions
- 2002 - Norway had expanded its military and Denmark has created a military command and response force for the region
- 2007 - Russia claim ownership of resources at the N.pole and carries out Artic bomber patrols
- 2014 - Denmark used UNCLOS (UN convention on the law of the sea) to claim a section of the Artic
- Economic tensions
- intellectual property rights (IPR)
- counterfeit products
- strain global trade relations
- threaten TNC investment
- faking brands is illegal and against (IPR) under WTO rules
- international trade aims to protect brand names (TRIPS)
- global system is undermined by counterfeiting
- Trade-related Aspects of Intellectual property rights (TRIPS)
- WTO
- Copy right protection
- patents
- Copy right protection
- Bangkok - counterfeit culture
- strains trade relations
- south China Sea
- resources
- Iraq's oil wealth is disputed between Sunni, Shia and Kurdish regions
- Artic circle
Comments
No comments have yet been made