Dr Marlene Laruelle is Associate Director of the Institute for European Russian and Eurasian Studies IERES and Research Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs The George Washington University She previously was a Visiting Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 2005 2006 She holds a Ph. D from the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Cultures in Paris She has authored numerous books including Russian Eurasianism An Ideology of Empire Johns Hopkins University Press 2008 In the Name of the Nation Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia Palgrave 2009 and Russia s Strategies in the Arctic and the Future of the Far North M. E Sharpe 2013 Dr Marlene Laruelle is Associate Director of the Institute for European Russian and Eurasian Studies IERES and Research Professor of International Affairs at the Elliott School of International Affairs The George Washington University She previously was a Visiting Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars 2005 2006 She holds a Ph. D from the National Institute for Oriental Languages and Cultures in Paris She has authored numerous books including Russian Eurasianism An Ideology of Empire Johns Hopkins University Press 2008 In the Name of the Nation Nationalism and Politics in Contemporary Russia Palgrave 2009 and Russia s Strategies in the Arctic and the Future of the Far North M. E Sharpe 2013 She recently edited Eurasianism and the European Far Right Reshaping the Russia Europe relationship Lexington 2015 She is a co PI on several NSF grants devoted to Arctic Urban Sustainability site_link 
Decent academic text English Found this to be a very interesting and enlightening education on Russian Arctic ethos strategy and culture I was doing fine until I came to the following quote the last Canadian icebreaker the Labrador was decommissioned in 1987 but a new one is under construction If that simple line is SOOOOO incorrect Canada operates two polar icebreakers four heavy icebreakers 6 light type 1100 icebreakers and several other light icebreakers I came to question what else in the book is off the mark that I could not verify Even with that I have to assume that the author s particular knowledge of things Russian is correct than their erroneous information on their nearest ally and then say the book is worth the read as it does seem to examine underlying Russian thought and culture as basis for their activity in the Arctic English Good substantial information in a clear and coherent format Excellent read Will check out other works by this author English
This book offers the first comprehensive examination of Russia s Arctic strategy ranging from climate change issues and territorial disputes to energy policy and domestic challenges As the receding polar ice increases the accessibility of the Arctic region rival powers have been manoeuvering for geopolitical and resource security Geographically Russia controls half of the Arctic coastline 40 percent of the land area beyond the Circumpolar North and three quarters of the Arctic population In total the sea and land surface area of the Russian Arctic is about 6 million square kilometres Economically as much as 20 percent of Russia s GDP and its total exports is generated north of the Arctic Circle In terms of resources about 95 percent of its gas 75 percent of its oil 96 percent of its platinum 90 percent of its nickel and cobalt and 60 percent of its copper reserves are found in Arctic and Sub Arctic regions Add to this the riches of the continental shelf seabed and waters ranging from rare earth minerals to fish stocks After a spike of aggressive rhetoric when Russia planted its flag in the Arctic seabed in 2007 Moscow has attempted to strengthen its position as a key factor in developing an international consensus concerning a region where its relative advantages are manifest despite its diminishing military technological and human capacities Russia s Arctic Strategies and the Future of the Far North.
