1. Summer reading on the Arctic
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...  Curse or Blessing for European Energy Security? NEW PUBLICATION: Think again: the Arctic, by Lawson Brigham - from Foreign Policy Arctic Energy Resources –Curse or Blessing for European Energy Security? ...

2. Arctic energy resources - curse or blessing?
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New working paper: Energy security is back on the international political agenda and the European-Russian energy game is complex. In this new working paper Dag Harald Claes (University of ...

3. U.S. strategic interests in the High North
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... security perspectives from both the US and Canadian, Russian, Danish and Norwegian perspectives. Geopolitics in the High North researchers Heather Conley, director of CSIS' Europe Program, Professor Rolf ...

4. Strategy documents links:
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US Arctic Region Policy, 2009 (in English) Russian strategy for the Arctic, 2008 ( in Russian) The European Union and the Arctic Region, 2008 The Northern Dimension of Canada's foreign ...

5. Books, chapters and reports 2009
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... Economy of Energy in Europe: Forces of Fragmentation and Integration. Berlin: Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag (13–39). 2009. Rob Hubert: "Canadian Arctic Sovereignty and Security in a Transforming ...

6. Articles and papers 2009
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... Territory Nor a Clear Role" (comments to article by Alyson Bailes)', Europe's World, 22 June 2009. Torbjørn Pedersen: "Endringer i internasjonal Svalbard-politikk", Internasjonal Politikk 67 ...

7. Articles and papers 2010
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... Harald Claes (UIO) and Øistein Harsem (UIT): Arctic Energy Resources – Curse or Blessing for European Energy Security? Lev Voronkov (MGIMO):  Geopolitical Dimensions of Transport and Logistics ...

8. Articles and papers 2008
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... "The Svalbard Archipelago in Russian Security Policy: Overcoming the Legacy of Fear – or Reproducing it?", European Security, 2008 Franklyn Griffiths, Paul Okalik, Suzanne Lalonde, Rob Huebert, ...

9. Other relevant publications 2009
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... a time of rapid change", The international journal of marine and coastal law, Vol 24, No 2, 2009, pp. 423-442 Kristian Åtland: The European Arctic in Soviet and Russian Security Policy, 1987-2007: ...

10. Other relevant publications 2000-2008
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... in Russian security policy: overcoming the legacy of fear - or reproducing it?, European security, Vol 17, Nos 2-3 (2008), pp. 227-251 Arild Moe (FNI) and E. Wilson Rowe (NUPI)): "Northern ...

11. Events 2009
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...  Kristine Offerdal: “Arctic Oil and Gas: Prospects in the European High North”.US-Norwegian Henry Bacon seminar, Washington DC, 5 March 2009 Katarzyna Zysk: "Russlands sikkerhetspolitikk ...

12. Events 2010
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... Issues in International Security: U.S.–Russian–European Views, conference organised by Strategic Studies Institute of the U.S. Army War College with the Assistance of the Bureau of Intelligence Research ...

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

14. Shtokman and Arctic petroleum: A field too far?
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... to come. Furthermore, there are shale gas reserves in Europe as well, which could help compensate for the declining European production of conventional natural gas.   This does not bode well for Shtokman’s ...

15. Russia's energy strategy up to 2030
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... Europe-centred (i.e. beyond the CIS) gas exports will sag from a current approximately 70 percent to a mere 20 percent. Reflecting the shifts in production and export, the Strategy lists the top priority ...

16. Shtokman - what is happening?
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... believe the price will increase over the coming years.  Demand for gas from different suppliers is not solely determined by price. The reputation of Russian gas – being the cornerstone of European gas ...

17. Seminar: Europe and the US: Is the honeymoon over?
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Heather Conley, director of the Europe programme at CSIS, asks if the transatlantic honeymoon is over. She will asses the relationship between the United States and Europe seven months into Obama's presidency.  ...

18. Associated Individuals
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... details CV and contact details Clive Archer Valur Ingimundarson Professor and head of the Manchester Metropolitan University’s European Institute. Professor ...

19. 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 ...

20. Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)
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Lev Voronkov Professor at MGIMO’s Department of European Integration. Studies the actors and interests and Russia's and Norway's role in the High North. Send ...