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24 Jun 2013
Russian Analytical Digest No 129: Arctic Urban Sustainability
Author: Alexander Pilyasov, Nadezhda Zamyatina, Arbakhan Magomedov
Publisher: Center for Security Studies (CSS) / Research Centre for East European Studies (FSOE) / German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
This paper examines Arctic Urban and City Sustainability from a Russian perspective. More on «Russian Analytical Digest No 129: Arctic Urban Sustainability»
7 Jun 2013
Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress
Author: Ronald O'Rourke
Publisher: Congressional Research Service (CRS)
This report provides an overview of Arctic-related issues for the US Congress, with both the Obama Administration and the US Coast Guard releasing strategy documents regarding this area in May 2013. More on «Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress»

Apr 2012
Security at Sea
Author: Will Rogers
Publisher: Center for a New American Security (CNAS)
This article argues that the US should ratify the Law of the Sea Convention (LOSC) and analyzes the potential losses from failing to do so. More on «Security at Sea»

2012
Weathering Uncertainty
Author: Douglas Nakashima, Kirsty Galloway McLean, Hans Thulstrup, Ameyali Ramos Castillo, Jennifer Rubis
Publisher: United Nations University (UNU)
This report provides an overview of the published scientific literature relating to the contribution of traditional/indigenous knowledge to our understanding of global climate change: observations, impacts and opportunities for adaptation. More on «Weathering Uncertainty»
2012
Perspectives: Review of International Affairs, Vol 20 No 1 (2012)
Author: George Hays, Michal Parizek, Hélène Pellerin, Anna Karnikova, Zdenek Kriz, Filip Chrastansky, Dominka Kunertova, Martina Ponizilova, Andrey Rozhnov
Publisher: Institute of International Relations (IIR)
This journal provides an eclectic mix of articles dealing with various areas of international relations and regional studies. More on «Perspectives: Review of International Affairs, Vol 20 No 1 (2012) »

12 May 2011
No.96: Russian Policy Options in the Arctic
Author: Elana Wilson Rowe, Marlene Laruelle, Dmitry Gorenburg
Publisher: Institute of History, University of Basel / Center for Security Studies (CSS) / Research Centre for East European Studies (FSOE) / German Association for East European Studies (DGO)
This issue of the Russian Analytical Digest examines Russia’s Arctic policy. More on «No.96: Russian Policy Options in the Arctic»
May 2011
Sovereignty Matters: States, Security and Climate Change in the Arctic
Author: Erica Dingman
Publisher: Graduate Program in International Affairs (GPIA) / New School, New York, US
Inuit and the Government of Canada assign significantly different attributes to construct the defining qualities of Arctic sovereignty. More on «Sovereignty Matters: States, Security and Climate Change in the Arctic»

2010
Conference on an Arctic Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone
Publisher: Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS)
Many different views on making the Arctic a Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone (NWFZ) were expressed over the two days. More on «Conference on an Arctic Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone»
2010
Potentia No 2, Fall 2010
Author: Jeffery M Bernstein, Marie-Hélène L’Heureux, David Moffette, Graham Richardson, Adam Tereszowski, Caroline Trottier,
Publisher: Centre for International Policy Studies (CIPS)
This issue contains articles in English and French on conflict prevention, the concept of humanitarian intervention in international law, the role of freedom of the press in the process of democratization, US perceptions of a China threat, the relati... More on «Potentia No 2, Fall 2010»

Oct 2009
Russia in Global Affairs October - December 2009
Author: Mikhail Gorbachev, Timofei Bordachev, Viacheslav Morozov, Lai Hairong, Leonid Sedov, Piotr Dutkiewicz, Igor Zevelev, Vadim Smirnov, Nikolai Silayev, Yevgeny Savostyanov, Alexander Oreshenkov, Fyodor Shelov-Kovediayev, Leonid Grigoriev, Marsel Salikhov, Vyacheslav Kopiev
Publisher: Russia in Global Affairs
This issue of Russia in Global Affairs opens with an interview of Mikhail Gorbachev, former Soviet president, 20 years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union. More on «Russia in Global Affairs October - December 2009»

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