Call number:
AWI P5-14-0014
;
AWI P5-14-0013
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface: The Arctic and the Configuration of the Stars / Alain Faure. - Introduction: The Arctic, Innovative Thinking for a New Region? / Cécile Pelaudeix. - Towards an ice-free Arctic Ocean? / Jérôme Weiss. - Iggiagruk is my Inupiaq name / William l. Iggiagruk Hensley. - Canadian Arctic Security and ClimateChange: Going Beyond a Traditional Security Approach / Heather N. NicolInuit. - Governance in a Changing Environment: a Scientific or a Political Project? / Cécile Pelaudeix. - Indigenous peoples of Russia as political actors / Natalie Novik. - Sustainable Development and the Greening of Sovereignty in the Canadian Arctic / Paule Halley & Marie-Eve Mercier. - Continental Shelves and Maritime Boundaries in the Arctic: the New Cold War Will Not Take Place / Frédéric Lasserre. - Towards a Common Polar NavigationCode: when the Antarctic and the Arctic Converge / Anne Choquet. - Economic activities in the Arctic Ocean: Universal, Regional and National Regulation / Alexander N. Vylegzhanin. - Northern Geopolitics in Flux: From a frontier mentality to peaceful cooperation / Lassi Heininen. - International and Regional Regulation of the Arctic: is there a role for theEuropean Union? / Clive Archer. - Concluding Remarks: The New Mediterranean / Robert Howell Griffiths.
Description / Table of Contents:
The Arctic region is undergoing dramatic transformation. Rapid change due to climate warming is currently affecting the Arctic more than any other region in the world: the permafrost is melting, glaciers are receding, the sea ice is shrinking. With the melting of ice, the circumpolar region is subject to increasing forces of globalization, and navigation through the Northwest and the Northeast passages is rapidly emerging as a practical and commercial proposition. Moreover, the Arctic may be home to 30 per cent of the planet's undiscovered natural gas reserves and 13 per cent of its undiscovered oil. "What holds the Arctic together?" The emphasis here is on convergence, rather than divergence, the Arctic's centrality not its eccentricity. The contributions gathered together in this book all address essential questions posed by geophysicists, political scientists, jurists, geographers and historians. How can science calculate and assess the scale of change in this geographic space, in particular concerning the melting of ice? To what extent are the native populations listened to and act as active participants in decision-making concerning the Arctic? In the context of post-Cold War international and regional cooperation, what is the present state of Arctic governance? How are the Arctic States themselves cooperating in facing the challenges that lie ahead? Are existing juridical arrangements adequate? What role in the Arctic can be played by actors such as the European Union? To what extent are other powerful countries, such as the Asian giants, taking a direct interest in the development of the Arctic?
Type of Medium:
Monograph available for loan
Pages:
193 S. : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
9782296992191
Series Statement:
Logiques politiques
Branch Library:
AWI Library
Branch Library:
AWI Library
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