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The first Barents Review is titled “Talking Barents - People, borders and regional cooperation”. A rapidly growing international interest in the High North opens new oppportunities and challenges for the established cooperation structures in the region. At the same time, more cross border contacts and trade spurs changes in the cross-border regimes.The High North has a special position in East-West relations. How the Barents Cooperation continue to be a successful platform for East-West interaction, is one of the key questions in the first edition of Barents Review.
Update: Cooperation is the key to security and stability: The Norwegian-Russian borderland is today an area of stability and cooperation between the border guard services on the respective sides of the border. The established cross-border contacts, personal relations and joint activities have been instrumental in upholding and stimulating good relations between the two sides, says adviser Trude Pettersen at the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
Update: A program in steady change: The Norwegian Barents Secretariat’s program for funding of joint Norwegian-Russian projects is continuously changing in order to keep in line with the demands of the current political priorities and changes in society, says adviser Margrethe Alnes at the Norwegian Barents Secretariat.
Barents Review is developed and written by the staff of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat. This years edition has chapters about politics, security, projects cooperation, energy and transport, cross-border travel, Russian regional development and indigenous peoples. The Norwegian Barents Secretariat plans to publish an annual edition of Barents Review in the future, with changing focus for each edition.
The first report is edited by Atle Staalesen. Contributors to the report are Rune Rafaelsen, Margrethe Alnes, Oddgeir Danielsen, Christina Henriksen, Thomas Nilsen, Trude Pettersen, Andrey Shalyov and Atle Staalesen.
All news about the report will be gathered on www.barentsobserver.com and www.barents.no.
