The Barents Region

Introduction/PART ONE: A NEW POLICY FOR THE NORTH/The Barents Region - Institutions Cooperation and Prospects/Cooperation in the Barents Euro-Arctic Region/Promising Begining/Inventing the Barents Region/Overcoming the East-West Divide/Where Cultures Cross/Old Russia in a New North/Living Conditions in the North/The New Divide/The Dynamics of the Barents Region/PART TWO: TOWARDS A COOPERATIVE REGION?/The Barents Region in Historical Perspective/Economic Cooperation/Potentials and Problems in Northwest Russia/The Barents Sea/Fisheries Resources for Europe and Russia/Oil and Gas/Future Role of the Barents Region/Environmental Cooperation as a Driving Force in the Barents Region/The Northern Sea Route and the Barents Region/PART THREE: THE BARENTS REGION IN THE NEW EUROPE/Russian Perspectives on the Barents Region/The Barents Region as a European Security-building Concept/The Barents Region as a European Fronteir Region/Region-building as Europe-building/Conclusions