’...reveals a spectrum of insight into the multi-layered interactions of nature and culture, landscape and identity, environment and development. A refreshingly welcome contribution to both geography and international politics in the twenty-first century.’ Professor Anne Buttimer, University College Dublin, Ireland ’Encountering the North is an extraordinary contribution to political analysis. Combining the insights generated by critical international studies scholars and cultural geographers, the authors add a lot not only to our knowledge of the cultural and material aspects of the European north but also to our general purchase on the interactions among culture, space, political economy and global interactions...’ Professor Michael Shapiro, University of Hawaii, USA