International Politics in the Arctic

Part I Background
Introduction
1. Identity Formation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region
Introduction: The Creation of the Barents Region
The Region-building Approach
Self and Other in Identity Formation
Alleged We-hood: The Return from a Historical Parenthesis
The Fragility of We-hood
âThe Cultural Counter-argumentâ
âThe Identity of Contrastsâ
Conclusion
Part II Environmental Discourse in the European Arctic
2. Fish Discourse: Norway, Russia and the Northeast
Arctic Cod
Introduction
The Concept of Discourse Analysis 28
The Study of Environmental Discourse 30
Scientific Recommendations and Established
Quotas Since 1990 33
Defining Major Discourses 34
Conclusion 45
3. East Meets West: Deliberations on the Environment 48
Introduction 48
The Study of Environmental Discourse 49
Environmental Issues in the European Arctic 51
Defining Major Discourses 53
Brokering Scientific Knowledge 63
Storylines and Metaphors 65
Embeddedness and Discourse Classification 66
Conclusion 69
Part III Implementing International Environmental
Agreements in the Russian North
4. From Air Pollution Control to Nuclear Safety:
Why Implement? 75
Introduction 75
Implementation: The âWhatâs, âWhyâs and âHowâs 76
Whatâs the Problem? 80
Whatâs to be Implemented? 83
Implementation Performance and Target Compliance 86
Implementation Activities 87
Discussion 93
Conclusion 99
5. Implementing Global Nature Protection Agreements 102
Introduction 102
The Global Nature Protection Regimes 104
Implementation of the Agreements in Russia 106
Domestic Implementation Activities 113
Conclusion 122
Part IV Combating Communicable Diseases in
Northwest Russia
6. Western vs Post-Soviet Medicine: Donors and
Dilettantes 127
Introduction 127
DOTS in Russia and the Baltic states 129
General Receptiveness to Western Ideas 139
Conclusion 146
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7. Patriots, Doctors and Happy Soviets 149
Introduction 149
Interpreting Qualitative Interviews 150
Health Initiatives from the West 152
The Interview Scene: âCastâ and Interpretation 153
Part V Russians in the Borderlands
8. How to be a Northerner 165
Borderlands, Identity, Narrative 165
Interview 1: âWhen I told them how I lived,
they went all misty-eyedâ 169
Interview 2: âIf youâd asked me last year, I would have said
Murmansk was the best place in the worldâ 172
Interview 3: âThe north is like a bottomless pit
dragging you downâ 174
Negotiating Stereotypes about North and South 176
The Vocabulary Available â" Identity as Narrative 181
Changing Borders? 185
Conclusions 187
9. How to be a Russian 190
Introduction 190
Interview 1: âTheir eyes are always wide openâ 190
Interview 2: âAs nations, theyâre on the declineâ 191
Interview 3: âEverything over there predisposes
them to equanimityâ 192
Exploring Stereotypes about Scandinavians 193
The Words to Say It â" Identity as Narrative 201
New Borderlands? 204
Narrative Juggling 209
Part VI Post-Agreement Bargaining in the Barents Sea
10. Making Russia Comply: Bargaining Precautionary
Fisheries Management in the Barents Sea 215
Introduction 215
Approaches to State Compliance with International Treaties 217
Post-agreement Bargaining 219
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The Norwegian â" Russian Fisheries Management Regime
in the Barents Sea 222
Norwegian â" Russian Bargaining Experiences 225
Why does Russia Comply? 229
Post-agreement Bargaining Revisited 235
11. Fishing Field Deliberations 237
An Observerâs Account 238
Russian Fishersâ Accounts in the late 1990s 246
Russian Fishersâ Accounts Ten Years Later 250
Bargaining Dynamics 254
Bargaining Results 258
Post-agreement Bargaining Revisited 262
Part VII Arctic Talk, Russian Politics
12. âThe Global Fight against Canada in the Arcticâ 267
Identity and Foreign Policy 267
All the Way to the Pole 270
âThe Global Fightâ 274
âThe Arctic is our Everythingâ 281
Our Ocean, Our Future, Our Foes 285
13. âTheyâll Squeeze us Out, itâ