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Cover page -- Author bio -- Series page -- Halftitle page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF MAPS -- FOREWORD -- Preface to second edition -- PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION -- INTRODUCTION -- Narrative and identity -- Identity and foreign policy -- From 'the Age of the Arctic' to 'the Scramble for the Arctic' -- Russian talk, Arctic policy -- CHAPTER 1 RUSSIAN IDENTITY BETWEEN NORTH AND WEST -- Breathe in, hold your nose -- Ebullience, cold peace and pragmatism -- Our North, our future -- Wide souls and fairy-tale lives -- CHAPTER 2 THE RUSH FOR THE NORTH POLE -- All the way to the pole -- 'The global fight against Canada in the Arctic' -- 'The Arctic is our everything' -- Our ocean, our future, our foes -- CHAPTER 3 DELIMITATION OF THE BARENTS SEA -- Endless negotiations, big compromise -- 'They'll squeeze us out, it'll be the end' -- Our common kitchen garden -- The principle of fairness, the ultimate betrayal -- CHAPTER 4 MANAGEMENT OF MARINE RESOURCES -- Our common future -- Gentlemen's agreements and NATO raids -- The runaway captain, the bucket on the mast -- Naive muzhik meets cunning Viking -- CHAPTER 5 REGION BUILDING, IDENTITY FORMATION -- Our common history -- In a Barbie world -- Separatists, beware -- Norgs and pomors -- CHAPTER 6 ARCTIC TALK, RUSSIAN POLICY -- Seated around the fire -- Enter the story-tellers -- Defending the other self -- In-between past and future -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX.