Arctic Fever: Political, Economic & Environmental Aspects

Book Overview

This book explores the Arctic as a rapidly evolving phenomenon in international affairs of a rising number of stakeholders. For decades, Arctic studies used to be an affair of a relatively narrow group of experts from northern countries. This time is over due to a new Chinese Arctic policy, as well as growing regional interests from South Korea, Singapore, India and Japan. Contributors reflect on new roles for the Arctic region: both as a playground for the old school nation state competition and even confrontation, and a new source for international cooperation in energy, logistics and natural sciences. Climate change, political tensions and economic competition make Arctic a hotter venue of international relations. This new Arctic fever, studied through a comparative analysis of different regional agendas, especially with a focus on the US-China-Russia triangle, represents the main subject of our book, which will be of interest to scholars of geopolitics, of climatechange, and of 21st century energy economics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9811696187
• ISBN13: 9789811696183
• Release Date: August 2023
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 566 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"