The Palgrave Handbook of Arctic Policy and Politics

The Arctic that emerged over the past forty years became one of the most innovative policy environments in the world. The region developed impressive systems for intra-regional cooperation, responded to the challenges of rapid environmental change, empowered and engaged with Indigenous peoples, and dealt with the multiple challenges of natural resource development. The second edition of The Palgrave Handbook on Arctic Policy and Politics draws on scholars from many countries and academic disciplines to focus on the central theme of Arctic policy innovation and political action. The portrait that emerges from these chapters is of a complex, fluid policy environment, shaped by internal, national and global dynamics and by a wide range of political, legal, economic, and social transitions. In this second edition, all chapters have been revised, updating the volume with the latest research and analysis especially on the changing geo-political situation since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the election of Donald Trump. New chapters explore post-secondary education and the future of work in the Circumpolar North. The Arctic is a complex political place and is on the verge of becoming even more so due to Russian militarism, increasing Chinese engagement and the cascading effects of rapid climate change. Effective, proactive and forward-looking policy innovation will be required if the Far North is to address its challenges and capitalize on its opportunities. The Arctic has become, ironically, “hot” in political terms, presenting escalating challenges for Arctic peoples and nations seeking to respond to political agendas that increasingly emerge from outside the region.

Ken S. Coates is Professor Emeritus at University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Raised in the Canadian North, Ken has spent the last 30 years working on Arctic and Circumpolar policy. His work highlights Indigenous regional development strategies. Carin L. Holroyd is Professor of Political Studies at University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Carin has completed several studies of economic innovation in northern regions, emphasizing the importance of local mobilization and entrepreneurship in responding to northern and Arctic possibilities.

Chapter 1: Introduction: The Circumpolar Dimensions of the Governance of the Far North – Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter 2: Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic: Re-taking Control of the Arctic – Ken Coates, University of Saskatchewan and Else Grete Broderstad, University of Tromso.- Chapter 3: Indigenous Internationalism in the Arctic- Gary N. Wilson, University of Northern British Columbia.- Chapter 4: Demographic Change in the Arctic - Timothy Heleniak, Nordregio and Eeva Turunen and Shinan Wang.- Chapter 5: State Expansion and Indigenous Response in the Arctic - A Globally-Integrated Northern Borderland Emerges from the Historical Synthesis of Northern Frontier and Northern Homeland - Barry Zellen, University of Connecticut.- Chapter 6: The Economy of the Arctic – Andrey N. Petrov, University of Northern Iowa and Joan Nymand Larsen, University of Akureyri, Iceland.- Chapter 7: Extractive Energy and Arctic Communities TBD.- Chapter 8: Innovation, New Technologies and the Future of the Circumpolar North – Joelena Leader, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter 9: Arctic Advanced Education and Research - Ken Coates.- Chapter 10: Circumpolar Business Development – the Paradox of Governance?- Frode Mellemvik, High North Center, Nord University and Elena Dyptsyna and Andrei Mineev.- Chapter Eleven: Multinational Corporations in the Arctic : From Colonial-era Chartered Companies to Contemporary Co-Management and Collaborative Governance by Barry Zellen, University of Connecticut.- Chapter Twelve: The Future of Work, Ken Coates, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter 13: Russia's Arctic Regions and Policies, George Soroka, Harvard University.- Chapter Fourteen: Government, Policies and Priorities in Kalaalit Nunaat (Greenland): Roads to Independence- Adam Grydehøj, Director, South China University of Technology.- Chapter 15: Arctic Policy of the United States: An historical survey - Steven Haycox, University of Alaska.- Chapter 16: Iceland as an Arctic State - Valur Ingimundarson, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Iceland. Chapter 17: Svalbard: Between International Community and International Relations Space - - Adam Grydehøj, South China University of Technology, and Ping Su, South China University of Technology.- Chapter 18: Europe’s North: the Arctic Policies of Sweden, Norway and Finland – Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter Nineteen: The Arctic in International Affairs - Heather Exner-Pirot, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter 20: East Asia (Japan, South Korea and China) and the Arctic - Carin Holroyd, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter Twenty-One: The History of USA-Russia Relations in the Bering Strait – Rebecca Pincus, Wilson Center.- Chapter 22: Canada and Russia in an Evolving Circumpolar Arctic – Ron R. Wallace, Canadian Global Affairs Institute.- Chapter 23: The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Arctic Ocean - Nigel Bankes and Maria das Neves, University of Calgary.- Chapter 24: Arctic Policy Developments and Maritime Transportation - Lawson Brigham, University of Alaska Fairbanks.-Chapter 25: The Emergence of a New Ocean – how to react to massive change? – Timo Koivurova, Pirjo Kleemola Jutunen and Stefan Kirscher, University of Lapland.- Chapter 26: International Law and the Arctic – Dwight Newman, University of Saskatchewan.- Chapter 27: The Future of the Arctic Council - Matthew Wiseman, U of Toronto.- Chapter 28: The Evolving North American Security Context TBD.- Chapter 29: The Arctic and Geopolitics- David Welch, University of Waterloo.- Chapter 30: The Militarization of the Arctic to the 1990, Whitney Lackenbauer and Peter Kikkert - Whitney.- Chapter 31: Arctic Climate Change: Local Impacts, Global Consequences and Policy Implications by Warwick F. Vincent.- Chapter 32: The Future of the Arctic – Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd, University of Saskatchewan.