Table of Contents
Foreword James Gustave Speth xi
Preface xiii
Introduction: A Cold Prelude to a Warming World Saleem H. Ali Rebecca Pincus 1
Part 1 The Law: Legal Structures in Polar Regions 11
1 Polar Environmental Governance and Nonstate Actors Sébastien Dityck 13
2 Interlinkages in International Law: The Convention on Biological Diversity as a Model for Linking Territory, Environment, and Indigenous Rights in the Marine Arctic Betsy Baker 41
3 An Erosion of Confidence? The Antarctic Treaty System in the Twenty-first Century Daniela Liggett 61
4 Invasive Species in the Arctic: Concerns, Regulations, and Governance Kamrul Hossain 72
5 Managing Polar Policy through Public and Private Regulatory Standards: The Case of Tourism in the Antarctic Michele Zebich-Knos 94
Part 2 Critical Actors: Power Dynamics and Driving Forces in Polar Regions 111
6 from Energy to Knowledge'? Building Domestic Knowledge-Based Sectors around Hydro Energy in Iceland and Greenland Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen Klaus Georg Hansen 113
7 Arctic Melting Tests the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Asim Zia Ilan Kelman Michael H. Glantz 128
8 Growth Imperative: Intermediaries, Discourse Frameworks, and the Arctic Arthur Mason 141
9 Connecting China through "Creative Diplomacy": Greenland, Australia, and Climate Cooperation in Polar Regions Damien Degeorges Saleem H. Ali 151
10 Security in the Arctic: A Receding Wall Rebecca Pincus 161
Part 3 Community: Human Rights, Indigenous Politics, and Collective Learning 169
11 Using Human Rights to Improve Arctic Governance Rebecca Bratspies 171
12 Cooperative Food Sharing in Sheshatshiu: Uncovering Scenarios to Support the Emergent Capacity of Northern Communities Damián Castro Glen Lesins Rachel Hirsch Kaz Higuchi 186
13 Crossing the Land of Indigenous People in the Arctic: Comparison of Russian and North American Experiences of Economic Growth and Human Rights in Energy and Infrastructure Projects Natalia Yakovleva Richard Grover 198
14 Emergent Cooperation, or, Checkmate by Overwhelming Collaboration: Linear Feet of Reports, Endless Meetings Glenn W. Sheehan Anne M. Jensen 213
15 From Northern Studies to Circumpolar Studies: In the Field and in the Ether Kathleen Osgood Steven B. Young 224
Epilogue Rebecca Pincus 235
Selected Resources 239
List of Contributors 269
Index 275