1. Finland's first Arctic strategy drafted
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... MFA Foreign Minister Stubb proposes organizing a highest level Arctic conference Barents observer: Finland: Arctic strategy with Barents Dimension                  ...

2. New expert group on the High North
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... Government’s High North policy. The expert group is particularly to identify opportunities for international cooperation in the Barents region, with Nordic partners, the EU and Arctic states. Read more ...

3. Agreement between Norway and Russia on maritime delimitation
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... legislature of each country.  To read the joint statement - see link to the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. See also - Russia and Norway reach accord on Barents sea, The New York Times  ...

4. U.S. strategic interests in the High North
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... of the issues in a broader regional perspective. He also gave an overview of the historic agreement between Norway and Russia on maritime delimitation in the Barents Sea, which was signed in Oslo the previous ...

5. News links:
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arcticfocus.com barentsobserver.com: International news from the High North petroleumsnews.com: a weekly newspaper based in Alaska upstreamonline.com: international oil and gas newspaper norge.russlandonline.ru ...

6. International organizations links:
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... communities and other Arctic inhabitants on common Arctic issues, in particular issues of sustainable development and environmental protection in the Arctic Barents Euro-Arctic Council International ...

7. Books, chapters and reports 2010
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Robert Huebert The newly emerging Arctic security environment, 2010  Lev Voronkov Geopolitical Dimensions of Transport and Logistics Development in the Barents Euro-Arctic Transport Area, 2010 ...

8. Articles and papers 2010
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... Development in the Barents Euro-Arctic Transport Area (BEATA) in English and in Russian Robert Huebert (University of Calgary): Polar frontiers, Armed Forced Journal, March 2010  ...

9. In the media 2009
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... for Barentshavet fra US Geological Survey' ('New Resource Estimates for The Barents Sea from USGS'),  Verdt å vite - NRK P2, 29 May 2009 Asbjørn Jaklin and Alf Håkon Hoel: ”Havrett.” ...

10. Other relevant publications 2000-2008
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... with the Law of the Sea Convention” in Marine Policy. 31/2007 Arild Moe and Rottem, Svein Vigeland (FNI): “Climate Change in the North and the Oil Industry: Input to strategic assessment Barents ...

11. Events 2008
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... issues in international law and policy in the Polar Regions. University of Akureyri, 8 September 2008. Katarzyna Zysk: ”Russlands sikkerhetspolitiske interesser i Barentshavet: Forholdet mellom ...

12. Events 2009
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... between East and West". Norway and Russia in the Arctic conference, Longyearbyen 25-28 August 2009 Vidar Bjørnsen: "The dispute about the Sector Principle. Norway, the Soviet Union and the Barents ...

13. Events 2010
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... Barents Euro-Arctic Council (BEAC)., Tromsø, 17 February 2010. Click here for BEAC web site Arctic Frontiers 2010 – Living in the High North Tromsø 24 - 29 January 2010. Several of GeoPolitics ...

14. Arctic summit in Canada
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... Foreign Ministry The Chair Foreign minister Cannon's summary BarentsObserver: Cooperation and resources on Arctic agenda The Washington Post: Clinton rebukes Canada at Arctic meeting BarentsObserver: ...

15. Shtokman and Arctic petroleum: A field too far?
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... programme. (8 February 2010).   In a meeting Friday 5 February, the partners of Shtokman Development AG decided to push the development of the giant Shtokman natural gas field, situated in the Barents ...

16. Barents Rescue 2009 and emergency preparedness in the High North
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Expert comment: On September 8-10 the international Barents Rescue 2009 exercise was held. The exercise is intended to increase practical cooperation on search and rescue (SAR) and handling of ...

17. Russian national security strategy
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... international policy will be focused on access to energy reserves, including on the continental shelf in the Barents Sea and other parts of the Arctic, in addition to the Middle East, the Caspian Sea and ...

18. NATO ambassadors on study trip
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... Session in Oslo  Press release: NATO Parliamentary Assembly discussed Alliance role in the High North The Ambassadors met with the Norwegian Barents Secretariat  ...

19. Law of the sea and ocean governance
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... in scope and the third centring on the Barents Sea: The adequacy of the law of the sea and international environmental law to the Arctic Ocean. The prospects for increased access to the Arctic ...

20. Norwegian interests
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... High North concept than the strategy of 2006, which geographically, mainly included the Barents Sea area. The new document emphasizes that with more international collaboration in the region, "the High ...