1st Edition

Mapping Arctic Paradiplomacy Limits and Opportunities for Sub-National Actors in Arctic Governance

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 8 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book analyses the possibilities and limitations that sub-national actors face when developing diplomatic activities in the Arctic region. Sub-national actors, such as civil society groups and sub-national governments or administrations, have been active in international relations for decades. They face specific political and economic limitations on the international scene as non-sovereign... Read more

Introduction

Mathieu Landriault, Jean-François Payette, and Stéphane Roussel

Chapter 1 – Nordicity and Québec’s Arctic Paradiplomacy

Jean-François Payette and Stéphane Roussel

Chapter 2 – North American Arctic Paradiplomacy: Between multilateral and bilateral inclinations

Mathieu Landriault and Magali Vullierme

Chapter 3 – Canada-Russia Subnational Cooperation in the Arctic

Kristina Minkova

Chapter 4 – Arctic Paradiplomacy of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia): The impact of federalism, nationalism, and identity

Yury Akimov

Chapter 5 – Small Enough to Act, Big Enough to Matter: Subnational Arctic climate change actors

Victoria Herrmann

Chapter 6 – Arctic cross-border cooperation: The opportunities and limits of subnational cooperation in the Barents Region

Aileen A. Espíritu

Chapter 7 – The Arctic Paradiplomacy of Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations

Andrew Chater

Chapter 8 – Indigenous Diplomats at the IMO: A case study in successful cross-scale governance for international shipping traffic in the Bering Strait

Chanda L. Meek and Amy Lauren Lovecraft

Chapter 9 – Between the "Arc of Prosperity" and the Arctic: Challenges and opportunities of Nordic Scotland’s paradiplomacy

X. Hubert Rioux

Chapter 10 – Silk on Ice or When China Plays the Paradiplomatic Card in the Arctic

Alex Payette and Guorui Sun

Conclusion – Limitations and Opportunities in Arctic Paradiplomacy

Mathieu Landriault, Jean-François Payette, and Stéphane Roussel

Biography

Mathieu Landriault teaches political science at the University of Ottawa and conflict studies at Saint Paul University.

Jean-François Payette holds a doctorate in political science from the Université de Lyon and teaches international management at the ESG of the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM).

Stéphane Roussel is a full professor at the École nationale d’administration publique (Montréal, Québec).