Global challenges in the Arctic region : sovereignty, environment and geopolitical balance / edited by Elena Conde and Sara Iglesias Sánchez.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Elena Conde and Sara Iglesias Sánchez -- Why and how to study Arctic law? / Timo Koivurova -- Arctic outer continental shelf / Elena Conde and Zhaklin Valerieva Yaneva -- The Northwest Passage and Northern Sea Route : sovereignty and responsibilities / Suzanna LaLonde -- The position of the European Union on the Svalbard waters / Marta Sobrido -- Stewardship sovereignty, sustainable developmnet and the protection of the Arctic marine environment : injecting environmental values in international sovereignty law / Sven G. Kaufmann -- Legal status and environmental protection of the Arctic sea ice : European perspectives / Claudia Cinelli -- The Arctic Council at twenty : cooperation between governments in the global Arctic / Christoph Humrich -- Geopolitics, governance and Arctic fisheries politics / Olav Schram Stokke -- The Arctic development : new navigational routes and maritime governance / Marta Iglesias Berlanga -- Arctic indigenous peoples at European courts : issues concerning their effective judical protection at the CJEU and the ECtHR / Sara Iglesias Sánchez -- Environment challenges for Arctic peoples / Soledad Torrecuadrada García-Lozano and Rosa Maria Fernandez Egea -- Climate change and human mobility : the national and international approach to native community relocation in the Arctic / Nuria Arenas-Hidalgo -- Knowledge and natural resources : a crucial conection for local benefits and sustainable Arctic development / Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen and Jens Christian Svabo Justinussen -- EU-Greenland relations and sustainable development in the Arctic / Cécile Pelaudeix -- The effectiveness of current regulatory models of gas flaring in light of black carbon emissions reduction in the Arctic / Daria Shapovalova -- From cylinder to sphere : the impact of climate change in the Arctic beyond the Polar Circle / Ángel Gómez De Ágreda -- Security challenges in the Arctic / Rob Huebert -- Geopolitical dynamics in the Arctic : actors and global interests / Taisaku Ikeshima - Changing foreign policy roles in the changing Arctic / Michal Luszczuk -- The role(s) of China in the Arctic : regional governance and foreseeable challenges / Francois Perreault -- Chinese Arctic science diplomacy : an instrument for achieving the Chinese dream? / Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen, Li Xing, and Mette Højris Gregersen.