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2 produkter
2 produkter
Legal and Geopolitical Complexity in the Arctic
The Impact of Global Crises on Regional Competition
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
1 944 kr
Skickas inom 10-15 vardagar
This book examines the evolving geopolitical landscape of the Arctic, focusing on the impact of climate change and the war in Ukraine on regional and international relations from a legal and geopolitical perspective.As Arctic ice melts, newly accessible natural resources and transportation routes are intensifying territorial and maritime disputes, heightening competition and tensions among regional states. The war in Ukraine has further strained relations between the West and Russia, disrupting political, economic, and scientific cooperation while accelerating the militarisation of the Arctic. In response to Russia’s aggressive actions in Eastern Europe, Western states have expanded their military presence in the region, while Russia has modernised its Arctic military infrastructure. Through analysing these developments, the book highlights the interconnection between regional and global dynamics. It argues that climate change and geopolitical conflict are transforming the Arctic from the ‘last frontier’ into the ‘first frontier’; a strategic arena where states, both within and beyond the region, seek to assert their geopolitical and economic interests. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach that integrates international relations, international law, and history, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the Arctic’s legal and geopolitical complexities.The book will be of interest to researchers in the field of international relations and public international law, as well as environmental and Arctic law.
Regional cooperation organizations in a multipolar world : Comparing the Baltic and the Black Sea regions
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
176 kr
Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar
This dissertation analyses the phenomenon of regionalism around the Baltic and the Black Sea since the end of the Cold War with a comparative approach and from a neorealist point of view. The analysis has as main focus regional organizations, the Council of the Baltic Sea States (CBSS) and the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC), which define the geographical and political borders of the Baltic and the Black Sea region. These latter are considered international regimes. The three main variables taken into consideration in this study, namely the distribution of power among the big states, the geographical location and the historical legacy, affect both directly and indirectly the relations among the states in each region. This is evident in the four sectors analysed, which are hard security, energy, economic development and environment. While the last three sectors are areas of cooperation within the CBSS and the BSEC, hard security is not. Its inclusion in the study is due to the fact that it strongly affects the power relations among the states in the two regions and that it is strictly linked to the other three sectors. Although the CBSS and the BSEC have established Working Groups ad hoc with the aim to make cooperation working effectively, regional states cooperate to the extent that it brings about advantages to them in terms of relative gains in accordance with the neorealist approach. The analysis has shown that the two regimes created on the Baltic and on the Black Sea are ineffective though the CBSS has managed to create stronger cooperative links among its members than the BSEC.