Britain and the Arctic

British interest in the Arctic has returned to heights not seen since the end of the Cold War; concerns about climate change, resources, trade, and national security are all impacted by profound environmental and geopolitical changes happening in the Arctic. Duncan Depledge investigates the increasing geopolitical significance of the Arctic and explores why it took until now for Britain - once an 'Arctic state' itself - to notice how close it is to these changes, what its contemporary interests in the region are, and whether the British government's response in the arenas of science, defence, and commerce is enough. This book will be of interest to both academics and practitioners seeking to understand contemporary British interest and activity in the Arctic.

List of contents

Preface.- Acknowledgements.List of Abbreviations.-1: Introduction: Britain and the Arctic.-2: Britain: the forgotten Arctic state?.-3: The Circumpolar Arctic.-4: Britain in the Arctic today.-5: To strategise in the Arctic, or not?.-6: Conclusions.

About the author

Duncan Depledge is the director of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Polar Regions Secretariat in Westminster. He previously held an academic position at Royal Holloway, University of London. 

Summary

Addresses the growing social science interest in Arctic Studies and Regional Geopolitics

Provides the first book-length examination of the UK’s geopolitical interests in the Arctic for more than two decades

Includes more than five years of research by a scholar with uniquely close links to the British government polar policy officials

Product details

• Authors: Duncan Depledge
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2018
• EAN: 9783319692920
• ISBN: 978-3-31-969292-0
• No. of pages: 142
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 218 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 328 g
• Illustrations: XIV, 142 p. 1 illus.
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology; Globalisierung, Internationale Beziehungen, C, Globalization, Politik und Staat, Humangeographie, Physische Geographie und Topographie, Political Sociology, International Relations, biotechnology, foreign policy, Social Sciences, auseinandersetzen, area studies, Physical geography, Physical geography & topography, Human Geography, Polar Geography, Polar regions, peripheralization