Author Archives: Evdokia Wise

Based on the readings from this week, and also previous course content, I believe that the Arctic does not need a binding treaty like the Antarctic Treaty System for the… Read more »

The US-Russia Polar Bear Agreement. This is a bilateral agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation on the conservation and management of the Alaska-Chukchi polar bear population. The… Read more »

Norway has a rather unique approach to its national security among all of the Arctic states. Norway’s historic Arctic security policy can be characterized by the term “High North, low… Read more »

I created my graph based on data from ArcticStat gathered between the years of 2000-2004 on the infant mortality statistics of three Arctic nations- Russia, Norway, and the United States… Read more »

Many early environmental efforts of the Arctic Council had to do with pollution and environmental degradation. This focus made a lot of sense at the time, given serious degradation of… Read more »

Out of the articles we read this week, I found Globalization of the Circumpolar North to be most interesting, given the large-scale overview of Northern economies. As someone who has… Read more »

There are many profound changes occurring in the sphere of Arctic shipping and transportation due to climate change and increasing interest in the Arctic. I had previously learned about Arctic… Read more »

The two nations I have decided to compare Arctic policies for are the Russian Federation and Norway. I chose this particular comparison because they both have some similarities, such as… Read more »

The two permanent participants in the Arctic Council that I have chosen to write about are the Saami Council and RAIPON. The Saami Council lists its key policy issues as… Read more »

In terms of the way that I view global problems I would say I am mostly a Marxist with a bit of social constructivism thrown in, since it often gets… Read more »