1. U.S. strategic interests in the High North
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... event and included keynote introductions by Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg and Norwegian State Secretary of Defence Espen Barth Eide. In her address, Senator ...

2. Research links:
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... Moscow Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI) The Norwegian ...

3. Books, chapters and reports 2009
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... War: Canada’s Security, Sovereignty, and Environmental Concerns in the Arctic ed. Rob Huebert. Bison Paper 12. Winnipeg: University of Manitoba Centre for Defence and Security Studies.  ...

4. Other relevant publications 2009
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... Svein Vigeland Rottem (FNI):  Hva forsvarer Norge? Det norske forsvarets møte med en ny virkelighet (What is Norway Defending? The Norweigan Defence'es Encounter With a New Reality), Doctoral ...

5. Other relevant publications 2000-2008
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... in K. Skogrand (ed.): Emerging from the Frost. Security in the 21st century Arctic, Oslo Files on Defence and Security. 2/2008 Kristian Åtland: “Mikhail Gorbachev, the Murmansk Initiative, and ...

6. Events 2008
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... august 2008. Katarzyna Zysk: ”Russiske sikkerhetspolitikk i nordområdene. Retorikk og diskurs blant sentrale aktører”, Norwegian Ministry of Defence, 21 May 2008. Katarzyna Zysk:  ...

7. Events 2009
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... og realiteter” Atlanterhavskomitéens Leangkollen-konferanse, 3 February 2009 Katarzyna Zysk: "Russia and the High North. Security and defence perspective", NATO Defense College, with support ...

8. Events 2010
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Katarzyna Zysk: Russia’s Naval Ambitions: Driving Forces and Constraints, Emerging Naval Powers – Cooperation and Conflict at Sea Conference, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, ...

9. ISA 2010 - new papers on Arctic challenges
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...  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 ...

10. Shtokman and Arctic petroleum: A field too far?
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... Were the assessments of the Arctic petroleum potential exaggerated?   By Harald H. Eie, Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies and participant in GeoPolitics in the High North ...

11. Will US navy Arctic roadmap increase tension?
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... the potential for conflict in this area. Does this signify the beginning of an arms race in the Arctic? By Amund Lundesgaard, Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (15 December ...

12. Russia's energy strategy up to 2030
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... scenario envisions a slower pace of overcoming the upshots of the crisis, with full recovery expected by 2020/2022.      By Elena Shadrina, visiting researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Defence ...

13. Barents Rescue 2009 and emergency preparedness in the High North
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... Institute for Defence Studies and participant in GeoPolitics in the High North programme.  Most of the activity in the High North is located around the border area between Norway and Russia. In ...

14. Russian national security strategy
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... The new strategy identifies threats and challenges within a broadly defined concept of security under chapters defined as ‘National defence’, ‘State security and civil protection’, ‘Improvement of living ...

15. In Norway
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The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), specialises in the fields of geopolitics, as well as Norwegian and international security, including Russian, American and High North security. IFS has ...

16. Associated Individuals
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... Research Fellow, research unit on Foreign policy and EU studies at the Danish Institute for International Studies. Senior Analyst, Swedish Defence Research Agence (FOI) CV and contact ...

17. International
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... global security, defence policy and international security, and energy security. CSIS specialists seek to anticipate changes in key countries and regions, including Europe. Stiftung Wissenschaft und ...

18. Associated Institutions The Norwegian Defence Research Establishment (FFI)
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Kristian Åtland Senior Analyst at FFI. Studies Russia's and Norway's role in the high North. CV and contact details

19. Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS)
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Rolf Tamnes Sven G. Holtsmark Professor and Director of IFS. Studies the actors and interests in the High North. Senior Fellow and head of IFS’ Department of International Security ...

20. Assosiated Individuals
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... Affairs Sven Aage Christensen, Senior Research Fellow at the Danish Insitute for International Studies Niklas Granholm, Senior Analyst at the Swedish Defence Research Agency (FOI) Professor ...