1. New statement on Canada's Arctic policy
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...  Promoting economic and social development Protecting the Arctic environment Improving and developing governance  Link to the new Canadian statement HERE. The statement was launched ...

2. Arctic energy resources - curse or blessing?
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...  By drawing from existing literature about ‘economic statecraft’ we will show that natural gas can, through decision makers, play an important role in the future energy supplies to Europe, however, ...

3. Events 2009
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... 2 October 2009 Harald Hermansen Eie: "The High North and Energy Security", NATO Economic Committee, Brussels, 25 September 2009 Kristine Offerdal: "To what extent might Arctic energy ...

4. Events 2010
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... Oslo, 24-25 June 2010.  Katarzyna Zysk: The Name of the Game: The Economic, Political and Strategic Stakes of an Accessible Arctic, and Russia’s Ambitions in the Region, “Matching Ambitions ...

5. Arctic summit in Canada
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... Chelsea, Quebec to discuss challenges of common interest. Among the topics discussed was the balance between economic and environmental interests in the region. The Arctic Ocean Foreign Ministers’ ...

6. Shtokman and Arctic petroleum: A field too far?
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... previously considered technically inaccessible and economically unviable to extract from. US shale gas reserves are enormous, potentially allowing the country to be self-supplied with natural gas for decades ...

7. Canada and the Arctic:
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... Arctic. Key elements are:  Protection of Canada’s environmental heritage Promotion of economic and social development Exercise of national sovereignty Improvement and devolvement of governance ...

8. Russia's energy strategy up to 2030
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Expert comment: On August 27, 2009, the government of the Russian Federation approved the Energy Strategy for the period up to 2030 (the Strategy).  The tempo of post-crisis economic recovery has been ...

9. Shtokman - what is happening?
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... regarded as the central element of Russian-Norwegian petroleum cooperation in the High North. But how will the world economical crisis affect Shtokman?  by Arild Moe, Deputy Director at the Fridtjof ...

10. Russian national security strategy
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... standards’, ‘Economic growth’, ‘Research, technologies and education’, ‘Healthcare’, ‘Culture’, ‘Ecology’, and ‘Strategic stability and partnership on equal terms’. Much less attention is devoted to hard ...

11. Law of the sea and ocean governance
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Norway has one of the largest sea claims in the world. Norway’s claimed Exclusive Economic Zone and continental shelf, treasuries of natural resources, make up an area six times larger than the ...

12. The power of energy
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... with other energy regions both politically and economically? Extraction costs, infrastructure, transportation and environmental and climate impacts are all important factors. • What are the oil ...

13. Norwegian interests
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... maritime surveillance, emergency preparedness and security encourage sustainable development of petroleum and renewable resources contribute to land-based economic development infrastructure development ...

14. Defining an interest: the European Union and the High North
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... Finland & Sweden) and 2 European Economic Area states (Iceland & Norway) in Arctic Council Arctic not governed by specific norms and regulations, never expected to be navigable or for commercial ...

15. The United States in the 21 century Arctic
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... are the interests of the United States in the Arctic, and how will they change as the area becomes more accessible for economic exploitation and transport? What are potential meeting-points and areas ...

16. Actors and patterns of cooperation and conflict
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... issues in the High North which will be more pressing in the near future, as economic activities expand. For example, thre are eight bilateral boundary issues involving all states in the region. Of particular ...

17. Activities & events
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... cooperation? How can non-Arctic nations with economic and environmental interests in the Far North be involved in a meaningful way in the governance of the Arctic? See programme and more information ...

18. Russia, Norway and the High North - past, present, future
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... player. In recent years Russia has beomce more stable and has experienced fa st economic growth due to high energy prices. Russia appears with renewed self-assertiveness on the international stage. ...

19. GeoPolitics in the High North
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... of economic activities in the region, Russia’s renewed self-assertiveness and intention of rebuilding and modernising its armed forces, including its strategically important Northern Fleet, will also serve ...

20. What is "geopolitics"?
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... a military-economic competition exists between them for the raw materials needed for national power, that states and alliances are able to ‘balance’ one another either through physical occupation or by ...