1st Edition
Arctic: Commerce, Governance and Policy
Introduction
Uttam Kumar Sinha and Jo Inge Bekkevold
1. Asian Stakes and Arctic Governance
Olav Schram Stokke
2. The Northern Sea Route: Smooth Sailing Ahead?
Arild Moe
3. The Polar Code and Arctic Navigation
Vijay Sakhuja
4. Arctic: The Next Great Game in Energy Geopolitics?
Shebonti Ray Dadwal
5. Norway’s High North Policy and New Asian Stakeholders
Jo Inge Bekkevold and Kristine Offerdal
6. Russia’s China Policy in the Arctic
Tom Roseth
7. Russia’s Strategic Concerns in the Arctic and its impact on Japan-Russia relations: From a Japanese View
Shinji Hyodo
8. Arctic and India: Strategic Awareness and Scientific Engagement
Uttam Kumar Sinha and Arvind Gupta
9. The Maritime Tiger: Exploring South Korea’s Interests and Role in the ArcticMia M. Bennett
Commentaries
10. The Legal Regime of the Arctic and India’s Role and Options
H.P. Rajan
11. China’s Role in Arctic Affairs in the Context of Global Governance
Ye Jiang
12. Overview of Korea’s Arctic Policy Development
Jong Deog Kim
Biography
Uttam Kumar Sinha is a Fellow at the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, India, and holds an adjunct position at the Malaviya Centre for Peace Research, Benares Hindu University, Varanasi, India. His research areas focus on non-traditional aspects of security with particularly attention on climate change, transboundary water issues and the Arctic region. He is the Academic Editor of Strategic Analysis (Routledge).
Jo Inge Bekkevold is the Head of the Centre for Asian Security Studies at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, Oslo, Norway. He is a former career diplomat with several postings to Asia for the Norwegian foreign service. His main fields of interest are great power relations in Asia, Chinese foreign policy and China’s political and economic development.
