In the globalized Arctic there has been a transformation from military security to human security. Climate change, the utilization of Arctic resources and other global challenges have caused the Arctic 'paradox' and a need to redefine security.

Autorentext
Matthias Finger, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale, Switzerland Pertti Joenniemi, Karelian Institute, University of Eastern Finland Steven L. Lamy, University of Southern California, USA Micha? ?uszczuk, Maria Curie Sklodowska University, Poland Heather N. Nicol, Trent University, Canada Alexander Sergunin, St Petersburg State University, Russia Aki Tonami, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS), University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Inhalt

1. High Arctic Stability as an Asset for Storms of International Politics: an Introduction; Lassi Heininen
2. Security of the Global Arctic in Transformation: potential for changes in problem definition; Lassi Heininen
3. Military Cooperation and Enhanced Arctic Security in the Context of Climate Change and Growing Global Interest in the Arctic; Michal Luszczuk and Jan Kochanowski
4. Russian Sub-national Actors: Paradiplomacies in the European and Russian Arctic; Pertti Joenniemi and Alexander Sergunin
5. The US Arctic Policy Agenda: The State Trumps Other Interests; Steve Lamy
6. Ripple Effects: Devolution, Development and State Sovereignty in the Canadian North; Heather N. Nicol
7. China and Japan in the Arctic: Economic Security and the Role of Foreign Policy for the 'Developmental State'; Aki Tonami
8. The Arctic, Laboratory of the Anthropocene; Matthias Finger