Elana Wilson Rowe is a senior research fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She is co-editor of The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2009).

• List of Contributors List of Abbreviations Introduction Policy Aims and Political Realities in the Russian North Elana Wilson Rowe Chapter One: Troublemaking and Risk-Taking: The North in Russian Military Activities Pavel K. Baev Chapter Two: Cross-Border Cooperation in the North: The Case of Northwest Russia Geir Honneland Chapter Three: Climate Change in the Russian North: Threats Real and Potential Craig ZumBrunnen Chapter Four: Recent Developments in the Russian Fisheries Sector Anne-Kristin Jorgensen Chapter Five: Northern Offshore Oil and Gas Resources: Policy Challenges and Approaches Arild Moe and Elana Wilson Rowe Chapter Six: Growth Poles and Ghost Towns in the Russian Far North Timothy Heleniak Chapter Seven: Indigenous Rights in the Russian North Indra Overland Chapter Eight: Oil and Gas Development in Russia and Northern Indigenous Peoples Anna A. Sirina Afterword : The Intersection of Northern and National Policies Elana Wilson Rowe Index

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