Through my participation in meetings of the U. S. Arctic Research Commission, the Russian Geographical Society, the Northern Forum, the Northern Research Forum, the Arctic Council and its predecessor, the Arctic Environmental Protection Strategy – whose record of circumpolar cooperation has spanned twenty years and counting – I’ve been privileged to see us build a real neighborhood at the top of t [...] Of the 135 full transits of the various routes of the Passage since Roald Amundsen’s historic voyage in 1903–6 (60 voyages since 2000), the thirteen vessels represent the highest number of full transits in a single summer season.4 4 1. THE FAST-CHANGING MARITIME ARCTIC Three notable scientific expeditions were conducted in the central Arctic Ocean, two of which were primarily related to gathering [...] AMSA reaffirms the Arctic state view that the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) re- mains the legal framework that influences and guides current and future gov- ernance of the Arctic Ocean. [...] Discussions were held on the need for deepening cooperation as seabed claims are submitted, and the importance of addressing the many challenges of greater Arctic Ocean accessibility.5 Concern was expressed outside and within the group that miss- ing from the meeting were Iceland, Finland, Sweden, and representatives of the Arctic’s indigenous peoples. [...] This ship rescued personnel from the Soviet North Pole Drift Station 27 and also established the new Drift Station 29 in the northern Laptev Sea, during a demanding voyage in the central Arctic Ocean from May 8 to June 19, 1987.9 Seven of the voyages that reached the North Pole were also trans-Arc- tic, or complete crossings of the ocean for tourism and scientific research: In August 1991, the Sov
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Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Series Page 3
- Full TItle Page 4
- Copyright Page 5
- Table of Contents 6
- Foreword:Witnessing an Arctic Renaissance 10
- ARCTIC CLIMATE CHANGE:STRATEGIC CHALLENGES ANDOPPORTUNITIES 14
- 1. The Fast-ChangingMaritime Arctic 16
- 2. Can We Keep Up with Arctic Change? 32
- 3. “Politicization” of the Environment: Environmental Politics and Security in the Circumpolar North 50
- 4. Conceptualizing ClimateSecurity for a Warming World: Complexity and theEnvironment-Conflict Linkage 72
- COOPERATION AND CONFLICT:PATHS FORWARD 96
- 5. Cooperation or Conflict in a Changing Arctic? Opportunities for Maritime Cooperation in Arctic National Strategies 98
- 6. Energy and the Arctic Dispute: Pathway to Conflict or Cooperation? 118
- 7. Maritime Boundary Disputes in East Asia: Lessons for the Arctic 130
- 8. Babysteps:Developing MultilateralInstitutions in the Arctic 150
- REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES 170
- Europe and the High North Atlantic 172
- 9. Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic: The Faroe Islands, Greenland,and Iceland 174
- North America 202
- 10. U.S. Arctic Policy:The Reluctant Arctic Power 204
- 11. U.S. Defense Policy and the North: The Emergent Arctic Power 242
- Russia 270
- 12. Mirror Images? Canada,Russia, and the Circumpolar World 272
- 13. Russia’s Arctic Strategy:Ambitions and Restraints 296
- 14. Russia Opens Its Maritime Arctic 312
- 15. Regional Security and Prosperity: The U.S.–Russia Reset in the Antimeridianal Arctic 322
- CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS 352
- 16. Stability and Security in a Post-Arctic World: Toward a Convergence of Indigenous, State, and Global Interests at the Top of the World 354
- Afterword: Think Again – The Arctic 384
- About the Contributing Authors 392
- Index 402
- Back Cover 404
