The Arctic Yearbook is an international and peer-reviewed volume which focuses on issues of regional governance, development, environmental politics, circumpolar relations, geopolitics and security, all broadly defined. It is an open access, online publication.

This year's theme is "War and Peace in the Arctic". For the first time since World War II, military conflict has reached the Arctic, in the form of Ukrainian drones hitting targets in the Kola Peninsula. Long considered an exceptional region compartmentalized from the geopolitical tensions in other regions, the Arctic is now back to being seen by states as a military theatre.

This volume seeks to provide a collection of timely and thoughtful analyses of Arctic military, security, and diplomacy. Of particular interest for this volume are the following:

  • Arctic capabilities, strategies and assets of any relevant militaries of USA, Russia, China, Nordic states or others.
  • Assessments of NATO in the Arctic and the impacts of an expanded alliance (with Finland and Sweden as members) on Arctic security, strategy and governance.
  • Strategic objectives of Russia, China, USA and others in the Arctic region, as articulated formally and through their actions.
  • Foreign and security policy in the Arctic, in a post-exceptionalism.
  • Role of arms control and disarmament in foreign and security policies of Arctic states.
  • Discussion on how climate change is affecting security dynamics (discourse, premise, paradigm) in practice, including better or worse shipping routes, better or worse access to raw materials, and better or worse food safety.
  • Confidence building measures - how they've worked in the past and what they might look like going forward.
  • The relevance of Arctic cooperation, in particular the Arctic Council, post-Ukraine war.

Other topics of contemporary significance to Arctic development, governance, geopolitics, security, and community well-being as well as proposals for commentaries (1-3 page opinion pieces) and briefing notes (4-7 page analyses) from experts and policymakers will also be welcome.

Where to send your abstract: arcticyearbook@gmail.com and jbarnes@balsillieschool.ca.

Deadline for abstracts: March 10th

Deadline for final articles: June 16th

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