The Arctic has never quite fit into the tidy boxes of traditional statepower. In Sovereignty In Flux: Rethinking the Arctic Through a Post Westphalian Lens,” Manashjyoti Karjee traces how the far north has always been shaped by cooperation, shared authority, and law.

Through the stories of the Inuit and Sámi, and the workings of the Arctic Council and UNCLOS, the piece unpacks a region where borders blur and sovereignty bends. It takes readers through meltingice, mineralrushes, and Indigenousdiplomacy to show how the Arctic quietly rewrites the rules of internationalpolitics. This is where law meets landscape, and where ancient ways of belonging challenge the very idea of who gets to rule.

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