Barents Review 2010
The voice of the Barents Secretariat
Barents Review 2010 is the voice of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat. All chapters are written by the staff of the secretariat, and the eight writers present a practically-oriented and experience-based analysis and reflections on the situation in the Barents Region. Download the report from Barents.no
Barents Review 2010 has the title "Talking Barents - People, borders and regional cooperation". A raidly growing international interest in the High North opens new oppportunities and challenges for the established cooperation structures in the region. At the same time, more cross border contacts and trade spurs changes in the cross-border regimes.
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Introduction
New times for Barents Cooperation, by Atle Staalesen
Introduction - Russian version
Chapter 1 and 2
1. The Barents Cooperation, by Rune Rafaelsen
2. Connecting Barents People, by Margrethe Alnes
Chapter 1 - Russian version
Chapter 2 - Russian version
Chapter 3 and 4
3. Border Crossing Exercises, by Thomas Nilsen
4. Cross border security cooperation, by Trude Pettersen
Chapter 3 - Russian version
Chapter 4 - Russian version
Chapter 5 and 6
5. Barents Regional development. Oil and gas as driving factor, by Oddgeir Danielsen.
6. Indigenous peoples and industry. Complex co-existence in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region, by Christina Henriksen
Chapter 7 and Epilogue
7. Unstable equiilibrium. Russian regions versus federal centre, by Andrey Shalyov
Epilogue - More cross-border cooperation, by Atle Staalesen
News stories from BarentsObserver.com about the chapters:
Barents Review: The further north, the better relations (General presentation)
People are ready for visa-free travel (About opinion poll)
A program in steady change (About chapter 2)
Cooperation is the key to security and stability (About chapter 4)
Complex co-existence for indigenous peoples (About chapter 6)
The High North has a special position in East-West relations. How the Barents Cooperation continue to be a successful platform for East-West interaction, is one of the key questions in the first edition of Barents Review.
Barents Review is developed and written by the staff of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat. This year's edition has chapters about politics, security, projects cooperation, energy and transport, cross-border travel, Russian regional development and indigenous peoples. The Norwegian Barents Secretariat plans to publish an annual edition of Barents Review in the future, with changing focus for each edition.
The first report is edited by Atle Staalesen. Contributors to the report are Rune Rafaelsen, Margrethe Alnes, Oddgeir Danielsen, Christina Henriksen, Thomas Nilsen, Trude Pettersen, Andrey Shalyov and Atle Staalesen.
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