Handbook of the Politics of the Arctic 2nd ed

Name: Handbook of the Politics of the Arctic 2nd ed
Brand: Edward Elgar Publishing
SKU: 9781035333707
Price: 3152.50 HKD
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Author: Geir Honneland; Andreas Østhagen; Svein Vigeland Rottem
ISBN: 9781035333707

Edited by Geir Honneland · Andreas Østhagen · Svein Vigeland Rottem

Edward Elgar Publishing January 2026

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ISBN-13: 9781035333707
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication: January 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This timely Handbook explores how the Arctic has become a focal point in international relations in a manner unseen since the Cold War. Drawing on perspectives from international law, geopolitics, and other social sciences, this revised and expanded second edition provides an essential account of modern Arctic affairs.

Including new and updated chapters on national approaches to the Arctic and the geopolitical power play that is unfolding, expert authors analyse the relations between China, Russia, and the West in the Arctic. They assess the role of NATO and the significance of critical minerals in the discussion around Greenland’s autonomy. Chapters cover the role of conferences in Arctic governance, and local governments’ participation in issues spanning politics, indigenous challenges, and the private sustainability certification of Arctic fisheries. With geopolitics taking centre stage in this new edition, contributors examine the impact of Russo-Chinese cooperation in the Arctic, as well as security dynamics and colonial legacies in the region.

Students and scholars in Arctic politics, environmental politics and law, and political geography and geopolitics will benefit from this Handbook’s invaluable insights. It is also an essential resource for policymakers, government officials, and NGOs involved in this key area.

Preface xii; Introduction: from ‘the Age of the Arctic’ to ‘the Scramble for the Arctic’ and beyond xiii; Geir Hønneland, Andreas Østhagen and Svein Vigeland Rottem; PART I INTERNATIONAL LEGAL AND GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORKS; 1.
The exploitation and management of marine resources in the Arctic: law, politics, and the environmental imperative 2: Robin Churchill; 2.
Maritime limits and boundaries in the Arctic Ocean: agreements and disputes 48: Clive Schofield, Ted L. McDorman, and I. Made Andi Arsana; 3.
State practice in the establishment of continental shelf limits beyond 200nm in the Arctic Ocean 72: Øystein Jensen; 4.
Arctic marine mammals in international environmental law and trade law 87: Nigel Bankes and Elizabeth Whitsitt; 5.
Arctic governance after Ukraine: pros and cons of institutional complexity 117: Olav Schram Stokke; 6.
Fisheries and aquaculture in the Arctic: globally significant 139: Alf Håkon Hoel; 7.
The role of discourse analysis in understanding spatial systems 151: E. Carina H. Keskitalo; 8.
Soft governance in the Arctic 164: Beate Steinveg, Svein Vigeland Rottem and Serafima Andreeva; 9.
Arctic Mayors’ Forum: local governments in Arctic governance 175: Iselin Németh Winther; 10.
Private sustainability certification of Arctic fisheries: lessons from a large-scale and a small-scale fishery in the Northeast Atlantic 186: Geir Hønneland; PART II NATIONAL APPROACHES; 11.
Canadian sovereignty versus northern security: critiquing the persistence of Canada’s colonial mental map of the Arctic 213: Lee-Anne Broadhead; 12.
Inuit foreign policy and international relations in the Arctic 231: Nadine C. Fabbi; 13.
Where East and West collide? Amidst Russia’s military resurgence, America recalibrates its embrace of collaborative Arctic security 250: Barry Scott Zellen; 14.
Reluctant no more? The complexities of US Arctic security strategy 281: Andreas Østhagen, Pavel Devyatkin and Lillian Hussong; 15.
A strategic interest: understanding China’s Arctic approach 298: Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund; 16.
The European Union and the Arctic: a dedicated policy for a complex space 314: Andreas Raspotnik and Adam Stępieę; 17.
Poland in the Arctic: assessing progress, prospects, and policy challenges 328: Michał Łuszczuk; 18.
Denmark’s Arctic awakening: how foreign and defence policy turned North 341: Marc Jacobsen and Jon Rahbek-Clemmensen; 19.
Norway’s Delicate Arctic Balancing Act 356: Andreas Østhagen; 20.
Arctic research: actors, priorities and drivers at national and international levels 372: Serafima Andreeva and Geir Hønneland; PART III GEOPOLITICS; 21.
Arctic geopolitics and international relations 409: Andreas Østhagen; 22.
A decolonial approach to Arctic security and sovereignty 426: Gabriella Gricius; 23.
Friends in need? Russo–Chinese cooperation in the Arctic 447: Erdem Lamazhapov; 24.
The death of Arctic exceptionalism? Russian-Western cooperation before and after the war in Ukraine 464: Pavel Devyatkin; 25.
Subsurface geopolitics: critical minerals, Greenlandic autonomy, and the green transition 482: Mark Nuttall; 26.
Ambiguity in the Arctic: the geopolitics of bases on Svalbard in the first half of the twentieth century 495: Olivia Wynne Houck; 27.
Russia’s Northern Fleet and the Arctic: still (re)militarising? 513: Jonas Kjellén; 28.
NATO in the Arctic: misunderstood and misrepresented 533: Alina Bykova, Paal Sigurd Hilde, Duncan Depledge, Andreas Østhagen and P. Whitney Lackenbauer