Overview

The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its position holds significant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined. In the twenty-first century the Arctic is undergoing profound change. As the sea ice melts, a result of accelerating climate change, global governance has become vital. In this, the third of three volumes, the latest research and analysis from the world's leading Arctic research body - the Fridtjof Nansen Institute - is brought together for the first time. Arctic Governance: Norway, Russia and Asia investigates the foreign policy discourses of Arctic governance, specifically as regarding international relations and competing interests between Norway, Russia and various Asian states.

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Author:   Geir Hønneland (Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway) ,  Ida Folkestad Soltvedt (Fridtjof Nansen Institute) ,  Svein Vigeland Rottem (Fridtjof Nansen Institute)
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   I.B. Tauris
Weight:   0.494kg
ISBN:  

9780755636518

ISBN 10:   0755636511
Pages:   352
Publication Date:   20 May 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I Norway 1 Norway’s Approach to the Arctic: Policies and Discourse Geir Hønneland and Leif Christian Jensen 2 Actors, Strategies and Networks in a New Bipolar Geopolitical Research- and Policy Agenda: The Case of Norway Leif Christian Jensen and Svein Vigeland Rottem 3 Soft Law, Solid Implementation? Norwegian follow-up of Arctic Council Recommendations Ida Folkestad Soltvedt 4 How Arctic Science Travels: POPs, Norway and the Stockholm Convention Svein Vigeland Rottem Part II Russia 5 The Russian Arctic Debate: The Rush for the North Pole Geir Hønneland 6 Space and Timing: Why was the Barents Sea Delimitation Dispute Resolved in 2010? Arild Moe, Daniel Fjærtoft and Indra Øverland 7 The Russian Arctic Debate: The Delimitation Line in the Barents Sea Geir Hønneland 8 Russia’s Revised Arctic Seabed Submission Øystein Jensen Part III Asian States 9 Asia in the Arctic: Policies, Stakes, and Involvement Olav Schram Stokk 10 Coming of age? Asian Arctic research, 2004–13 Iselin Stensdal 11 Much Ado about Something? China in Arctic Resource Development: Greenland and the Isua Iron-ore Project Iselin Stensdal 12 China’s Climate Policy: Does an Arctic Dimension Exist? Gørild Heggelund Epilogue Bibliography Index

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Geir Honneland is Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute - one of the world's leading Arctic research bodies - and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the Arctic University in Tromso, Norway. He has published widely in English on territory disputes and environmental factors in the Polar North. He gained his PhD from the University of Oslo in 2000 and is one of the most respected commentators in the field of Arctic Studies. Svein Vigeland Rottem is Director of the Polar Research Programme at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. He received his PhD in Arctic Political Science from the Arctic University at Tromso.Ida Folkestad Soltvedt is Researcher in Polar Law at the Fridtjdof Nansen Institute.

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