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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The Norwegian Government has established an expert group on High North issues. The group will work to identify opportunities for the northern regions of Norway and the rest of the country following the ...

3. U.S. strategic interests in the High North
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Geopolitics in the High North high level conference in Washington, DC On 28-29 April 2010, the Geopolitics in the High North research programme conducted its first, annual conference at the Center ...

4. International Law links:
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... parties across the Arctic and grants exposure to Arctic related information. The National Library of Norway: The High North (In Norwegian) The National Library of Norway: The High North ...

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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Arctic council: a high level intergovernmental forum to provide a means for promoting cooperation, coordination and interaction among the Arctic States, with the involvement of the Arctic Indigenous ...

7. Strategy documents links:
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... policy, 2000 (in English) The Danish policy document: Arktis i en brydningstid, May 2008 (in Danish) The Norwegian Government's Strategy for the High North (full text in English, Russian, summaries ...

8. Books, chapters and reports 2008
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Rose Gottemoeller and Rolf Tamnes (eds): High North, High Stakes - Security, energy, transport, environment 2008 Rob Hubert (red.): "Northern Exposure: Peoples, Powers and  ...

9. Books, chapters and reports 2009
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... and International Security University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign 2009. Sven G. Holtsmark (red): "Security Prospects in the High North: geostrategic Thaw or Freeze?", NATO Defense ...

10. In the media 2010
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Oran Young and Rob Huebert: Is it high time for a tough Arctic treaty?, Edmonton journal, 27 June 2010 Alf Håkon Hoel: Historisk avtale i havet, Morgenbladet, 30 April 2010 (in Norwegian) ...

11. Other relevant publications 2010
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... a case for India, policy brief, Indian Council of World Affairs Kristine Offerdal: Arctic energy in EU policy: arbitrary interests in the Norwegian High North, Arctic, vol. 63, no.1, March ...

12. Other relevant publications 2009
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... case of the Norwegian high north", Polar Record 45, 2009 Lars H. Gulbrandsen (FNI): The Emergence and effectiveness of the Marine Stewardship council, Marine Policy, Vol 33, No 4, 2009, pp. ...

13. Other relevant publications 2000-2008
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... Defence and Security. 2/2008 Valur Ingimundarson: “Iceland’s Security Policy and Geopolitics in the High North”, in K. Skogrand (ed.): Emerging from the Frost. Security in the 21st century Arctic, ...

14. Events 2008
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... Zysk: “Russian Military Power and the High North. Russlands interesser i Barentshavet og rollen av militærmakten”, Annual Air Power Seminar, Trondheim, 2-5 February 2008.  ...

15. Events 2009
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... Hermansen Eie: "Hva hender i Arktis? Sikkerhetsmessige konsekvenser av økt aktivitet", Nordsem, Stockholm, 19 November 2009. Paal Sigurd Hilde: "The High North: Norwegian Strategic Interests ...

16. Events 2010
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... Series, 'Knowledges, Resources and Legal Regimes: the New Geopolitics of the Polar Regions', Liverpool, 25 March 2010 Clive Archer: "Norway and the United Kingdom in the High North", Symposium ...

17. Polar politics theme week at Atlantic-community.org
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New articles: The online think tank Atlantic-community.org is running a series of articles focusing on the Arctic. Three researchers from Geopolitics in the High North are contributing: Ingrid Lundestad ...

18. Participants-new
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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 ...

19. ISA 2010 - new papers on Arctic challenges
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Research papers: Geopolitics in the High North researchers participated with panels on security challenges and resource and environmental challenges at the International Studies Association's ...

20. 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 ...