IDA FOLKESTAD SOLTVEDT / / GEIR HØNNELAND / / SVEIN VIGELAND ROTTEM
Introduction
Part I: Energy
1 Arctic Offshore Petroleum: Resources and Political Fundamentals Dag Harald
Claes and Arild Moe
2 Arctic Hydrocarbon Developments: State Interests and Policies Dag Harald Claes,
Arild Moe and Svein Vigeland Rottem
3 Arctic Petroleum: Local Perceptions Ilan Kelman, Julia P. Loe, Elana Wilson
Rowe, Emma Wilson, Nina Poussenkova, Elena Nikitina and Daniel Buikema Fjærtoft
Part II: Marine Living Resources
4 Stock Shifts, Value-Chains, and Institutional Resilience: Fisher Compliance in the
Barents Sea Olav Schram Stokke
5 Making Russia Comply: Bargaining Precautionary Fisheries Management in the
Barents Sea Geir Hønneland
6 MSC Certification of Russian Arctic Fisheries Geir Hønneland and Lars H.
Gulbrandsen
7 The Challenging Barents Sea Snow Crab Harald Sakarias Brøvig Hansen
Part III: Shipping
8 Arctic Shipping: Images and Realities Error! Bookmark not defined. Arild Moe
9 International Transits on the Northern Sea Route: Policy Developments and the
Business Response Arild Moe
10 Organization and Management Challenges of Russia's Icebreaker Fleet Arild Moe
and Lawson W. Brigham
11 Governing Arctic Shipping: Institutional Niches and Regional Regimes Olav
Schram Stokke
Epilogue
Bibliography
The Polar North is known to be home to large gas and oil reserves and its position holds significant trading and military advantages, yet the maritime boundaries of the region remain ill-defined. In the twenty-first century the Arctic is undergoing profound change. As the sea ice melts, a result of accelerating climate change, global governance has become vital.
In this first of three volumes, the latest research and analysis from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, the world's leading Arctic research body, is brought together. Arctic Governance: Law and Politics investigates the legal and political order of the Polar North, focusing on governance structures and the Law of the Sea. Are the current mechanisms at work effective? Are the Arctic states' interests really clashing, or is the atmosphere of a more cooperative nature? Skilfully delineating policy in the region and analysing the consequences of treaty agreements, Arctic Governance's uncovering of a rather orderly 'Arctic race' will become an indispensable contribution to contemporary International Relations concerning the Polar North.
