For several years now climate change, the hunger for raw materials, and geostrategic interests have once again moved the allocation of sovereignty and exploitation rights in the Arctic back to the foreground. In PRIF Report No. 113 From Meltdown to Showdown? Challenges and options for governance in the ArcticChristoph Humrich and Klaus Dieter Wolf presentin search of a promising political organizational model for the Arctic region, various scenarios for how Arctic governance might look one day.
The authors favor a model of integrated multi-level governance and present measures demonstrating how this model could be implemented.
From 2009 to 2012, Dr Christoph Humrich was research fellow in PRIF's research department "International Organisations and International Law". He currently works at the University of Groningen (Netherlands). His research interests include international politics in the Arctic, international law, and global governance.
This PRIF Report was published as HSFK-Report No. 4/2011 "Vom Meltdown zum Showdown? Herausforderungen und Optionen für Governance in der Arktis" in German.
The Report can be ordered at PRIF for EUR 10,- and is also available as free PDF download.