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. 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 ...

4. Articles and papers 2009
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... (1) 2009 Clive Archer:  "Arctic security  -  zero sum or working together?' in Hanna Mäkinen (ed.) Baltic Rim Economies Expert Articles 2009, Turku (Electronic Publications of Pan-European ...

5. Articles and papers 2010
(Publications/Publications)

... 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 ...

6. 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, ...

7. 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: ...

8. Other relevant publications 2000-2008
(Publications/Publications)

... 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 ...

9. Events 2009
(Events/Events)

...  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 ...

10. Events 2010
(Events/Events)

... 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 ...

11. 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   ...

12. Shtokman and Arctic petroleum: A field too far?
(News/Latest)

... 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 ...

13. 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 ...

14. Seminar: Europe and the US: Is the honeymoon over?
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...  Barack Obama’s election victory was widely endorsed in Europe. The core of his political outlook and his proclivity for political argument dovetails what many Europeans appreciate. No surprise ...

15. 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 ...

16. 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 ...

17. New book on the High North
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High North High Stakes focuses on the European Arctic and draws on an impressive group of people with highly relevant hands-on and academic experience. In makes a significant contribution to an informed ...

18. The power of energy
(News/Newsflash)

... of Russian gas – being the cornerstone of European gas supplies – has suffered in recent years due to the gas conflicts between Ukraine and Russia, which significantly affected countries in Western Europe. ...

19. Defining an interest: the European Union and the High North
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   The European Union is not a unified actor in the High North. The interests of those member states showing any involvement often point in different directions. The existence of the Northern ...

20. The United States in the 21 century Arctic
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This project will examine US policies towards the Arctic region, with special attention to the European High North. Until 1990 the High North played an important role in the geopolitics of the United States, ...