The Barents Region

Regional Cooperation in Arctic Europe
1. Auflage 1994
ISBN: 978-0-8039-7897-3
Verlag: Sage Publications UK

Buch, Englisch, 256 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 546 g

Reihe: International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

The Barents Region in the Scandinavian and Russian Arctic is emerging as one of the most dynamic and versatile East-West initiatives in Europe. Its unique, two-pillared institutional structure ensures that the state as well as local authorities are drawn into deliberations, as are representatives from the European Commission and the regional Saami organization.
The region is immensely rich in minerals, petroleum and fishery resources of interest for Europe as a whole. It is the apex of the Cold War structures: with over 200 naval nuclear reactors and with more strategic nuclear weapons than anywhere else in the world, its importance extends far beyond the confines of Arctic Europe. To Russia, the Barents Region has become a link to Northern Europe and potentially to the European Union, it may become an instrument to stabilise its eastern borders in a militarily sensitive area.
The Barents Region surveys regional cooperation in Arctic Europe. With contributions from leading Scandinavian and Russian scholars on Northern affairs, this volume examines the Barents Region as a political initiative, its historical and institutional architecture and its contributions to economic and environmental management in the North. Particular attention is paid to the impact of the Barents Region on security in Arctic Europe and its relationship to the wider process of European integration.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stokke, Olav Schram

Tunander, Ola

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Friedens- und Konfliktforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Konflikt- und Friedensforschung, Rüstungskontrolle, Abrüstung
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Olav Schram Stokke and Ola Tunander
PART ONE: A NEW POLICY FOR THE NORTH
The Barents Region - Institutions, Cooperation and Prospects - Johan J[o with a line through]orgen Holst
Cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region - Andrej Kozyrev
Promising Begining
Inventing the Barents Region - Ola Tunander
Overcoming the East-West Divide
Where Cultures Cross - Robert Bathurst
Old Russia in a New North
Living Conditions in the North - Erik Hansen
The New Divide
The Dynamics of the Barents Region - Rune Castberg, Olav Schram Stokke and Willy [o with a line through]Ostreng
PART TWO: TOWARDS A COOPERATIVE REGION?
The Barents Region in Historical Perspective - Jens Petter Nielsen
Economic Cooperation - Rune Castberg
Potentials and Problems in Northwest Russia
The Barents Sea - Alf H[a with a circle on top]akon Hoel
Fisheries Resources for Europe and Russia
Oil and Gas - Arild Moe
Future Role of the Barents Region
Environmental Cooperation as a Driving Force in the Barents Region - Olav Schram Stokke
The Northern Sea Route and the Barents Region - Willy [o with a line through it]Ostreng
PART THREE: THE BARENTS REGION IN THE NEW EUROPE
Russian Perspectives on the Barents Region - Pavel K Baev
The Barents Region as a European Security-building Concept - Anders Kj[o with a line through it]olberg
The Barents Region as a European Fronteir Region - Noralv Veggeland
Region-building as Europe-building - Pertti Joenniemi
Conclusions - Olav Schram Stokke and Ola Tunander