The Atlantic Community running a theme week on POLAR POLITICS
The Atlantic Community will be running a theme week on POLAR POLITICS, addressing the consequences of the ice-melting cap in terms of shipping routes, resource exploitation and fight against climate change. Read more
In a nutshell, the POLAR POLITICS THEME WEEK consists in publishing 5 to 7 Short Op-eds by prominent scholars and experts on the issues related to the High North, which will be published progressively on their platform and be debated by their members. Among the distinguished guests are:
Dr. Lev Voronkov, Professor at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations will give us an overview of the Russian strategy regarding the Arctic Region: Russia is No Longer a Predatory Soviet Power
Dr. Paal Sigurd Hilde, Head of the section for Norwegian security policy at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies and a participant in the Geopolitics in the High North research programme, will give us a Norwegian perspective: Norway and the Arctic: The End of Dreams?
Kenneth S. Yalowitz, Ambassador (ret.), Director of the Dickey Center for International Understanding and Ross A. Virginia, Director of the Dickey Center Institute of Arctic Studies jointly will tackle the possible scenarios for the future Arctic governance "Great Game" or International cooperation in the light of the economic downturn: The Arctic Region: Great Game or International Cooperation?
Klaus Dodds, Professor of Geopolitics at Royal Holloway, University of London and Editor of The Geographical Journal will write about Sea and state change, the Arctic region in a state of inter-regnum: Sea and State Change
Mia Benett, a fourth-year undergraduate student in Political Science and European Studies at the University of California will present the potential power struggle in the Arctic region: Fractures in the Ice: The Future of Arctic Governance
Ingrid Lundestad, Research Fellow at the Norwegian Institute for Defense Studies will offer us American perspective by having a closer look at the shifting US approach to the Arctic challenges from the Bush to the Obama administration: Will the US Become More Active in the Arctic?
Dr. Robert W. Corell is the Director of the Global Change Program at the H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, will study the coupled impacts of climate change and globalization on the Arctic region's governance: The New Arctic World Order
Se also the first opening remarks of the Dr Klaus Dodds on SEA AND STATE CHANGE
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