• Contested Methaphors in the European North 

      Wråkberg, Urban (Chronicle; Kronikk, 2013)
    • Euroarctic Strategies and Synergies 

      Wråkberg, Urban (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2012)
      A comparative discussion is made of contemporary national and organisational strategies on Northern and Arctic Europe to identify common interests in the Euro-Arctic region and to evaluate how some of these interests may relate to the global context. This dialogue will be considered in relation to the post-Cold War transition from Realist to geoeconomic perspectives on the world. <p> <p>My tentative ...
    • Futures of Northern Cross-Border Collaboration 

      Wråkberg, Urban (Book; Bok, 2013)
      The Barents Institute of the University of Tromsø and the Centre for North European and Baltic Studies of the Moscow State Institute of Foreign Relations (MGIMO) jointly launched, in 2011, the so-called Futures of Northern Cross-Border Collaboration Project. It brought together academic researchers and public and business managers with different specialities into a multidisciplinary network. This ...
    • Vetenskaplig expertis och nordområdets naturresurser 

      Wråkberg, Urban (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2012)
      The essay reflects on political pressures exerted by and on scientists and technologists acting as advisors on political and economic matters of the high north.It uses two case studies to do this. One consists in the group of scientists from several nations who engaged as advisors to their foreign offices in the process leading up tothe ratification of the Spitsbergen/Svalbard treaty in 1920. The ...