NAVIGATING THE ARCTIC: PLAYERS FROM ASIA - JI YEON-JUNG

13 percent of the At the outset, Russia seems to be the one of world’s oil reserves the countries that aspires for the largest stake in and 30 percent of the Arctic, by preserving its stand in the global its natural gas. [...] 3, MONSOON 2013 (July-September) NAVIGATING THE ARCTIC: PLAYERS FROM ASIA Policy, renovated in 2011.21 The High North Policy has evolved from the structuring of the Arctic governance, and encompasses complex security issues in the civil and military realms.22 Although the geographical terms High North and Arctic are not synonymous, the policy embodies the Norwegian perspectives of the norms and mu. [...] On the Arctic issue, the US leadership faces the issue of cost-effectiveness, due to the low-threat environment.40 Also, there are many critics in the domestic sphere, leading to a lack of focus on the communications, surveillance, and command and control in the areas of smuggling, terrorism, illegal fisheries, and environmental obliteration.41 THE ASPIRANTS IN ASIA Since there is a basic understa. [...] 3, MONSOON 2013 (July-September) 126 JI YEON-JUNG impact of the monsoons to the agriculture sector.76 Pursuing the policy Apparently, it is interrelated to the concern goal in the Arctic, over the economic interest in the growth of the India aims to seek agriculture sector as well as the oil and natural gas observer status in demand, which is a decisive factor in the fulfillment cooperation with o. [...] While a comprehensive and open approach to the Arctic is needed, it would be difficult to penetrate the Arctic Council that is already empowered to determine the entry of new members and the broad perspective of the legal bindings in the future.