Arctic Governance: Volume 1

Geir Honneland is Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute - one of the world's leading Arctic research bodies - and Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the Arctic University in Tromso, Norway. He has published widely in English on territory disputes and environmental factors in the Polar North. He gained his PhD from the University of Oslo in 2000 and is one of the most respected commentators in the field of Arctic Studies. Svein Vigeland Rottem is Director of the Polar Research Programme at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. He received his PhD in Arctic Political Science from the Arctic University at Tromso.Ida Folkestad Soltvedt is Researcher in Polar Law at the Fridtjdof Nansen Institute.

• Part I Governance1. The Dynamics of Arctic Development Arild Moe2. Geopolitics and International Governance in the Arctic Øyvind Østerud and Geir Hønneland3. Pros and Cons of Institutional Complexity: The Case of ArcticGovernance Olav Schram Stokke4. The Arctic: Environmental Security or Multi-Level Governance? Olav Schram StokkePart II Law of the Sea5. The Law of the Sea and the Arctic Environment Olav Schram Stokke6. Take it to the Limit: Defining the Continental Shelf in the Arctic Øystein Jensen7. Towards a Legal Regime for Arctic Navigation Øystein Jensen8. The Polar Code and the Law of the Sea Øystein JensenPart III The Arctic Council9. The Arctic Council Between National and InternationalGovernance Svein Vigeland Rottem10. The Arctic Council and Biodiversity Christian Prip11. The Arctic Council: Challenges and Recommendations Svein Vigeland Rottem

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