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Russia and the North
Russia holds more Arctic territory than any other state, yet unlike other Arctic states it does not have a unified strategy identifying economic and political aims for the North. Russia’s policies on the North are dispersed across a variety of fields from domestic migration politics to oil and gas development. This volume engages the disparate elements of Russian northern policy and illustrates how the centralized, relatively economically strong and politically assertive Russia of today defines and addresses northern spaces, opportunities, and challenges. As energy markets continue looking northward and climate change renders the Arctic increasingly accessible, the geopolitical interests of Arctic states will be brought more frequently to the forefront. These circumstances will make the disputed borders and overlapping sovereignty claims of the North an important topic in international politics. Given its geographic size and political influence, Russia is and will continue to be a key regional and global actor in the international politics of the North.
Contributors
Elana Wilson Rowe
Elana Wilson Rowe is a senior research fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies at the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs. She holds a Ph.D. from the Scott Polar Research Institute at the University of Cambridge, UK. She has worked on a broad range of issues relating to circumpolar and Russian politics, including climate change policy and the knowledge politics of international multilateral contexts. She is the co-editor of The Multilateral Dimension in Russian Foreign Policy (Routledge, 2009).
