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SUMMARY:European Arctic conferences as places of inter-regional geopolitic
 s - Emilie Canova (SPRI\, University of Cambridge)
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DESCRIPTION:In October 2021\, the European Union (EU) published its fourth
  Arctic policy\, aiming for greater involvement in the Arctic due to clima
 tic and geostrategic concerns. The EU’s position – both inside and out
 side the Arctic region – raises crucial questions about how we understan
 d regions and their institutions as geopolitical actors. It was therefore 
 necessary to complicate the main Eurocentric narrative of a political enti
 ty (the EU) engaging in a geographical area (the Arctic). I propose a nove
 l geopolitical approach\, viewing EU-Arctic relations as interactions betw
 een two equivalent but distinct supra-national regions: the Arctic and its
  governance (“ArctiC”) and Europe and the EU (“EUrope”).\n\nThis t
 alk specifically explores the role of Arctic conferences in ArctiC-EUrope 
 relations. It is based on data collected during participant observation in
  15 Arctic conferences between 2021 and 2024. I show how Arctic conference
 s contribute to the creation of a European Arctic sub-region as the major 
 place in Arctic governance and to the blurring of regional limits. Integra
 ting scales and temporalities\, conferences are sites where we can study t
 he meeting of EUrope and the ArctiC geographically\, epistemologically and
  politically.\n
LOCATION:Scott Polar Research Institute\, Lecture Theatre
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