The European Union and the Arctic:A Decade into Finding its Arcticness

• Main Authors: Raspotnik, Andreas, Stępień, Adam
• Other Authors: Weber, Joachim
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2020
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/person/fieldofscience2010/5/17/2; International political science; Arctic; Arctic Ocean; Endeavour
• Online Access: https://research.ulapland.fi/fi/publications/781d83c3-f3bf-4048-9777-32b334a775e2; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-45005-2

Over the last ten years, the European Union (EU) has felt an Arctic allure, with its various institutions attempting to formulate a coherent policy approach for its ‘Northern Neighbourhood.’ However, the EU’s decade-long involvement in the Arctic can be characterized by ambivalence. On the one hand,...