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This book seeks to pose and explore a question that sheds light on the contested but largely cooperative nature of Arctic governance in the post-Cold War period: how does power matter – and how has it mattered – in shaping cross-border cooperation and diplomacy in the Arctic? Each chapter functions as a window through which power relations in the Arctic are explored. Issues include how representing the Arctic region matters for securing preferred outcomes, how circumpolar cooperation is marked by regional hierarchies and how Arctic governance has become a global social site in its own right, replete with disciplining norms for steering diplomatic behaviour. This book draws upon Russia's role in the Arctic Council as an extended case study and examines how Arctic cross-border governance can be understood as a site of competition over the exercise of authority.

Scholarly work in many fields has shown the important and changing role played by experts in international and national policymaking. Historical studies have revealed how Soviet scientists figured in politics in unexpected ways. However, no comprehensive study of the interplay between scientific expert knowledge and contemporary Russian policymaking has been carried out. This book argues that in order to understand Russia's position on complex policy challenges, like climate change, we must understand how experts and scientific knowledge factor into Russia's policymaking processes. Russia is s

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: Gateway or Garrison? Border Regions in Times of Geopolitical Crisis -- References -- Chapter 2: An Asian Pivot Starts at Home: The Russian Far East in Russian Regional Policy -- Backdrop: Post-1991 Management of Centre-Region Relations -- The Russian Far East -- The Ministry for the Development of the Far East -- Portfolio -- Plans and Implementation -- Institutional Environment -- Intra-Ministerial Competition and Rivalries -- Oversight Versus Overlap: The Role of the Presidential Plenipotentiary -- Bureaucratization and Duplication -- The Regional Executive -- Ministry for the Development of the Far East: Successes and Pitfalls -- References -- Chapter 3: Primorskii Krai and Russia's 'Turn to the East': A Regional View -- Budgetary, Administrative, Legislative and Policy Changes -- Economic Development Zones in Primorskii Krai -- Advanced Special Economic Zones -- Free Port of Vladivostok -- Far Eastern Hectare -- Developing Infrastructure -- Primorye's Regional Economic Diplomacy -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Chapter 4: Promoting New Growth: 'Advanced Special Economic Zones' in the Russian Far East -- Major Socioeconomic Challenges in the Russian Far East -- Russia's New Development Strategy for the Far East -- ASEZs: An Investment Platform to Cultivate Export-Oriented Industry -- Content and Characteristics -- Initial Results -- Evaluation of Policy Implementation and Prospects for Development -- References -- Chapter 5: The Russian Far East and Russian Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region -- Historical Backdrop to Russia's Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific -- Russian Security Policy in the Asia-Pacific Region: 2012-14 -- Strategic Partnership with China -- The Russo-Chinese Border as a Source of Insecurity.

Development studies; Russia; Far East; International affairs; Energy; Shanghai cooperation organization; Economic development; Security policy; Multilateral organizations; Diplomacy; Regionalism; Russian–European relations; Russia's "pivot to the East"; Annexation of Crimea; Regional politics; Eurasia; Ukraine; Sanctions regime; Foreign policy

An analysis of Russia's response to globalization. This book explores how Russian domestic politics shape this international engagement. Thematically, the focus is on Russia's external engagement with areas of policy relating to globalization, namely energy, climate, health, direct foreign investment, finance, and international terrorism. JULIAN COOPER Professor of Russian Economic Studies at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies, European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, UK ROBERT LEVGOLD Marshall D. Shulman Professor Emeritus at Columbia University, USA, and Director of the Euro-Atlantic Security Initiative JAKUB M. GODZIMIRSHI Senior Research Fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway NIKITA LONGMAIN Professor in the World Economy Department at St. Petersburg State University, Russia INDRA OVERLAND Senior Research Fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway JULIE WILHELMSEN Research Fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway ELANA WILSON ROWE Senior Research Fellow at the Department for Russian and Eurasian Studies, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs, Norway

Introduction -- Arctic states and regional governance -- Regional governance of Arctic Ocean : the Arctic-Five (A5) and the Arctic 5+5 -- From international to regional : sub-national units in Arctic governance -- Civil society in Arctic governance : indigenous peoples' organizations, observers, and Arctic residents -- Private sector actors and Arctic governance -- Conclusion : governing complexity in the Arctic : past, present, future.