Handbook of the Politics of the Arctic

Edited by Leif Christian Jensen, Senior Research Fellow and Geir Hønneland, Research Professor, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

'This Handbook marks a considerable achievement by the contributors, and the editors in particular, and is a welcome addition to the literature on the Arctic. The book strikes the right balance between the breadth of issues, states and interested parties covered and the depth that they are covered in. The range collected here is noteworthy in its empirical richness and should prove educational to postgraduate scholars, academics and policy practitioners, and in fact, anyone with a desire to have an up-to-date collection about the present political situation in the Arctic.'--Sage Journals'This Handbook examines main fields / sections of Arctic politics from the point of view of the five littoral states of the Arctic (Ocean). Also an indigenous approach, which is relevant in the Arctic and unique in the global context, is discussed in a few chapters. I can recommend the book to post-graduate students, political and social scientists and international lawyers, who are already familiar with basic issues on the fields of international politics / IR, political science, international law, environmental politics, as well as the Arctic.'--Lassi Heininen, University of Lapland, Finland and Thematic Network on Geopolitics and Security'This up-to-date and wide-ranging collection provides a cornucopia of information that will be indispensable for all those seeking to understand the profound changes occurring both in the Arctic itself and in the relationship between the Arctic and the rest of the world.'--Oran Young, University of California, Santa Barbara, US

• Contents:PrefacePART I GEOPOLITICS AND STRATEGIC RESOURCES1. Energy as a Developmental Strategy: Creating Knowledge-Based Energy Sectors in Iceland, the Faroe Islands and GreenlandRasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Jens Christian Justinussen and Coco Smits2. Strengthening US Arctic Policy through US-Russia Maritime CooperationWalter A. Berbrick3. Canada’s Arctic Agenda: Failing to Make a Case for Economic Development as an International Strategy in the Circumpolar North?Heather N. Nicol4. Oil-Spill Response in the Russian ArcticAlexei Bambulyak, Are Kristoffer Sydnes and Maria Sydnes5. Arctic Securitization and Climate ChangeTeemu Palosaari and Nina Tynkkynen6. Subsurface Politics: Greenlandic Discourses on Extractive IndustriesMark Nuttall7. Arctic Energy Policy: Global, International, Transnational and Regional LevelsPami Aalto and Iida JaakkolaPART II LAW OF THE SEA8. The Exploitation and Management of Marine Resources in the Arctic: Law, Politics and the Environmental ChallengeRobin Churchill9. Arctic Marine Mammals in International Environmental Law and Trade LawNigel Bankes and Elizabeth Whitsitt10. Maritime Limits and Boundaries in the Arctic Ocean: Agreements and DisputesTed L. Mcdorman and Clive Schofield11. The Seaward Limits of the Continental Shelf Beyond 200 Nautical Miles in the Arctic Ocean: Legal Framework and State PracticeØystein Jensen12. Arctic Sovereignty and its Legal Significance for CanadaDonald R. RothwellPART III ARCTIC INSTITUTIONS AND SPECIFIC FIELDS OF CO-OPERATION13. Oceans Governance, The Arctic Council and Ecosystem-Based ManagementAlf Håkon Hoel14. Canadian Sovereignty Versus Northern Security: The Case for Updating our Mental Map of the ArcticLee-Ann Broadhead15. The Arctic CouncilPiotr Graczyk and Timo Koivurova16. Institutional Complexity in Arctic Governance: Curse or Blessing?Olav Schram Stokke17. Controlling the Long-Range Transport of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) into the Arctic: Progressions and Political ParingsEmily Mason and David L. VanderZwaag18. From Ilulissat to Kiruna: Managing the Arctic Council and the Contemporary Geopolitics of the ArcticKlaus Dodds19. How We Learned to Stop Worrying about China’s Arctic Ambitions: Understanding China’s Admission to the Arctic Council, 2004-2013Matthew Willis and Duncan Depledge20. Arctic Change Through a Political ReadingMonica Tennberg21. The Role of Discourse Analysis in Understanding Spatial SystemsE. Carina H. KeskitaloPART IV NATIONAL APPROACHES TO THE ARCTIC22. Russia Turns North, Again: Interests, Policies and the Search for CoherenceKatarzyna Zysk23. Norway’s Approach to the Arctic: Policies and DiscourseGeir Hønneland and Leif Christian Jensen24. Inuit Foreign Policy and International Relations in the ArcticNadine C. Fabbi25. The Kingdom of Denmark and the ArcticAnnika Bergman Rosamond26. Asian States and the Arctic: National Perspectives on Regional GovernanceP. Whitney Lackenbauer and James Manicom27. The European Union’s Arctic PolicyNjord Wegge28. Where East and West Converge: The US Embrace of Collaborative Security for the ArcticBarry Scott Zellen29. Evolution of Poland’s Approach Towards the Arctic: From International Scientific Cooperation to Science DiplomacyMichał Łuszczuk Index