Region Building and Regional Cooperation in Response to Environmental Challenges: A Case Study from the Barents Region
During the Cold War, the border between Norway and the Soviet Union was almost completely closed and there were few diplomatic relations between the Arctic regions of northern Europe and the Soviet Union. Within weeks of the end of the Soviet Union, however, the Norwegian government began negotiatio...
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crbrillap:10.1163/22116427_010010008 2023-05-15T14:52:39+02:00 Region Building and Regional Cooperation in Response to Environmental Challenges: A Case Study from the Barents Region Mackie, Sarah E. 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116427_010010008 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/10/1/article-p132_8.xml unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 10, issue 1, page 132-157 ISSN 1876-8814 2211-6427 journal-article 2019 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_010010008 2022-12-11T12:47:35Z During the Cold War, the border between Norway and the Soviet Union was almost completely closed and there were few diplomatic relations between the Arctic regions of northern Europe and the Soviet Union. Within weeks of the end of the Soviet Union, however, the Norwegian government began negotiations over regional cooperation which led to what is now the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation. This article argues that one of the significant incentives which led to the formation of the Barents region at the time that the Soviet Union collapsed was the common environmental threats faced by each of the Arctic nations of Europe and northwest Russia. This article considers the sources of the environmental challenges and the work that has been undertaken to tackle those shared threats. It also considers the region building that has taken place as a result of the cooperation which, although it began as a means of solving the environmental threats but has now spread much further with cohesion and cooperation in many other policy areas. The article concludes with a discussion of how this model could be used as a means of encouraging regional cooperation in other parts of the world, particularly in areas where there is a history of conflict or where there are shared environmental concerns. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic barents region Northwest Russia Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) Arctic Norway The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 10 1 132 157 |
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During the Cold War, the border between Norway and the Soviet Union was almost completely closed and there were few diplomatic relations between the Arctic regions of northern Europe and the Soviet Union. Within weeks of the end of the Soviet Union, however, the Norwegian government began negotiations over regional cooperation which led to what is now the Barents Euro-Arctic Cooperation. This article argues that one of the significant incentives which led to the formation of the Barents region at the time that the Soviet Union collapsed was the common environmental threats faced by each of the Arctic nations of Europe and northwest Russia. This article considers the sources of the environmental challenges and the work that has been undertaken to tackle those shared threats. It also considers the region building that has taken place as a result of the cooperation which, although it began as a means of solving the environmental threats but has now spread much further with cohesion and cooperation in many other policy areas. The article concludes with a discussion of how this model could be used as a means of encouraging regional cooperation in other parts of the world, particularly in areas where there is a history of conflict or where there are shared environmental concerns. |
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Region Building and Regional Cooperation in Response to Environmental Challenges: A Case Study from the Barents Region |
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Region Building and Regional Cooperation in Response to Environmental Challenges: A Case Study from the Barents Region |
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Region Building and Regional Cooperation in Response to Environmental Challenges: A Case Study from the Barents Region |
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