Global Arctic: An Introduction to the Multifaceted Dynamics of the Arctic

 Introduction - The global Arctic: a "laboratory of the Anthropocene" (Matthias Finger)

Part I: Evolving images of the Arctic

-      Early industrialization of the Arctic (Chris Southcott)

-      The Arctic of the Cold War (Jyrki Käkönen)

-      The Arctic of the indigenous peoples (Yves Cszonka)

-      The Post - Cold War Arctic: a region of peace (Lassi Heininen)

-      The Arctic as the last frontier: tourism (Edward Huijbens)

Part II: The significance of the Arctic in Earth System dynamics

-      The physical geography of the Arctic (Serguey Aplonov)

-      Climate effects of other pollutants (Kaarle Kuupiainen)

-      Global warming, permafrost thawing and its feedback loops (Ben Abbott)

-      Impacts of global warming on Arctic biota (Mathilde LeMoullec)

-      The implications of a warming Arctic on the Earth System (Petteri Taalas)

Part III: The economics of a GlobalArctic

-      The fight for the last resources: oil, gas and minerals (Andrey Krivorotov)

-      Fisheries - how long? (Franz Mueter)

-      Infrastructure development in the Arctic (Alexander Pelyasov)

-      The Chinese Arctic (Liisa Kauppila)

-      The Arctic of Transnational Corporations (Matthias Finger)

Part IV: Governance

-      Sub-national governance: the case of Nunavut (TBD)

-      Regional governance: the case of the Barents region (Florian Vidal)

-      Inter-national governance: the Arctic Council (Timo Koivurouva)

-      Global Governance? The case of UNCLOS (Cécile Pelaudeix)

Conclusion: the GlobalArctic - a warning for Humankind (Matthias Finger)