ISA 2010 - new papers on Arctic challenges

Research papers: Geopolitics in the High North researchers participated with panels on security challenges and resource and environmental challenges at the International Studies Association's annual conference in February 2010.

Geopolitics in the High North researchers held two panels on the ISA's 51st annual conference in New Orleans.

Geopolitics of the Arctic Region I - The Security Challenges
Participants:

Claes, Dag (Chair)
Hoogensen, Gunhild (Discussant)

Papers:

Claes and Østerud: The new geopolitics of the High North
Lundestad: US Security Policy in the European Arctic in the early 21st century
Zysk: The Arctic in Russia's military strategic thinking: the role of the Northern Fleet
Griffiths: Towards a Canadian Arctic strategy

Geopolitics of the Arctic Region II - The Resouce and Environmental Challenges
Participants:

Pumphrey, David (Chair)
Arnold, Stewart (Discussant)

Papers:

Stokke: Institutional niches in Arctic shipping governance: nesting regional instruments in a global regime
Gulbrandsen and Moe: Oil companies' interests and strategies toward the energy resources in the Arctic: environmental, jurisdictional and geopolitical considerations
Asgeirsdottir: Achieving equity in the Arctic
Pumphrey: Arctic oil and natural gas development through the lens of energy security: a US perspective

Kristian Aatland, senior researcher at the The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) presented a paper on the panel "Environmental security and regimes". Download Aatland's paper

Katarzyna Zysk, senior fellow at the IFS, presented also a paper on climate-driven transformations in the Arctic and Russia’s policy in the region on the panel "Geopolitics of the Russian Borderlands” .

More conference papers will be published asap. Meanwhile - visit the ISA's conference web site

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