Arctic sea ice is rapidly reducing due to climatic changes occurring in the region, allowing for easier access to vast amounts of undiscovered oil and gas resources. In recent years, growing interest in exploitation of Arctic hydrocarbon resources has led to an increase in exploration activity....

Events shape and in turn are shaped by developments in Arctic ocean policy. Nowhere is this truer than of the ever-changing Arctic environment, which is in turn shaping and being shaped by a global demand for secure sources of future oil and natural gas supplies. As the polar ice cap...

Arctic sea ice is rapidly reducing due to climatic changes occurring in the region, allowing for easier access to vast amounts of undiscovered oil and gas resources. In recent years, growing interest in exploitation of Arctic hydrocarbon resources has led to an increase in exploration activity....

In today's world the state-centric approach of security has been extended to include a human-centric approach. Since individuals are the ultimate victims of any security threats, a state is not secure if insecure inhabitants reside within it. The insecurity of individuals arises from various...

Unlike Antarctica, the Arctic can boast no region-specific treaty that comprehensively covers the challenges it faces, including potential threats to its marine areas. The Arctic states are, however, subjects of many international and regional legal instruments, most of which fall within the...

In a very short time, discussions on Arctic governance have moved from being a topic of scholarly attention and NGO advocacy onto the agendas of states and of the European Union (EU). Increasingly, the various alternatives propounded by a diverse set of actors over what Arctic governance should...

This Article argues that the current structure of international law makes it unlikely that victims of climate change will find justice through international legal proceedings. Part I examines the various international legal proceedings that could provide recourse for victims of climate change....

There has been increasing dissatisfaction with the way Arctic-wide cooperation under the Arctic Council operates. Scholars and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) have taken up the idea of finding a new direction for the work of the Council by drawing on the experience of the other pole, the...

This article examines the European Union’s (EU’s) recently adopted Integrated Maritime Policy (IMP) in three contexts. The first is that within which all national integrated ocean policies need to function; namely, international ocean governance and the law of the sea. The second is a...