Igor Danilets writes at the intersection of maritime capability, polar geography, and state power. His work is driven by a simple methodological preference: begin with what institutions can actually do, repeatedly and at scale, and only then ask what they intend. That habit makes him attentive to the enabling layers that sit behind visible events - dispatch procedures, maintenance rhythms, port logistics, and the quiet authority of technical standards. He is especially interested in how safety systems, built to prevent catastrophe, can also reshape markets and political relationships when they become scarce, centralised, or difficult to replace.Danilets approaches the Arctic as a lived operating environment rather than an abstract frontier. He is drawn to the practical knowledge that accumulates in logs, incident reviews, and routine coordination between crews and shore-based services, where decisions are made under uncertainty and later remembered as policy. A recurring thread in his perspective is the long Eurasian history of northern navigation and infrastructure: the sense that polar routes have always been less about discovery than about endurance, repair, and organisation.Icebreakers and Influence reflects his commitment to clear, research-friendly explanation for readers who want more than rhetoric. He writes for those who suspect that power is often exercised through schedules, standards, and service queues - and who want the analytical tools to prove it.
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. In the Arctic, power is often exercised without spectacle. A ship does not need to be stopped outright to be controlled; it only needs to be made uncertain. When ice, distance, and darkness compress navigation into narrow seasonal windows, the actors who can reliably provide escort, routing, repair support, and emergency response gain a decisive advantage over those who merely wish to transit. This is the world where "safety" is not just a public good, but a bargaining space.Icebreakers and Influence explains how ice-capable fleets became tools of state power through the services that enable polar shipping. Igor Danilets follows the practical chain from hulls and crews to dispatch systems, tariffs, ports, maintenance backlogs, and rescue coverage, showing how capability translates into influence over who moves, when, and at what cost. Along the way, the book clarifies why ice escort services can function as governance, how fleet readiness cycles quietly determine market access, and why port support capacity can matter as much as geography. Instead of treating the Arctic as a contest of claims, it treats it as a contest of operational reliability.Written for students, general readers of geopolitics, and analysts of maritime strategy and political economy, the book offers a framework for evaluating Arctic competition through measurable enabling systems. Readers come away able to ask sharper questions about dependency and resilience: who controls the service stack, how route risk pricing disciplines or distorts behaviour, and what systemic risks arise when access depends on a single provider. The result is a clearer understanding of Arctic power as something built and maintained - season after season - in infrastructure, procedures, and the management of uncertainty. Icebreakers and Influence explains how ice-capable fleets became tools of state power through the services that enable polar shipping. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9789377948887
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. In the Arctic, power is often exercised without spectacle. A ship does not need to be stopped outright to be controlled; it only needs to be made uncertain. When ice, distance, and darkness compress navigation into narrow seasonal windows, the actors who can reliably provide escort, routing, repair support, and emergency response gain a decisive advantage over those who merely wish to transit. This is the world where "safety" is not just a public good, but a bargaining space.Icebreakers and Influence explains how ice-capable fleets became tools of state power through the services that enable polar shipping. Igor Danilets follows the practical chain from hulls and crews to dispatch systems, tariffs, ports, maintenance backlogs, and rescue coverage, showing how capability translates into influence over who moves, when, and at what cost. Along the way, the book clarifies why ice escort services can function as governance, how fleet readiness cycles quietly determine market access, and why port support capacity can matter as much as geography. Instead of treating the Arctic as a contest of claims, it treats it as a contest of operational reliability.Written for students, general readers of geopolitics, and analysts of maritime strategy and political economy, the book offers a framework for evaluating Arctic competition through measurable enabling systems. Readers come away able to ask sharper questions about dependency and resilience: who controls the service stack, how route risk pricing disciplines or distorts behaviour, and what systemic risks arise when access depends on a single provider. The result is a clearer understanding of Arctic power as something built and maintained - season after season - in infrastructure, procedures, and the management of uncertainty. Icebreakers and Influence explains how ice-capable fleets became tools of state power through the services that enable polar shipping. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9789377948887
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Hardcover. Etat : new. Hardcover. In the Arctic, power is often exercised without spectacle. A ship does not need to be stopped outright to be controlled; it only needs to be made uncertain. When ice, distance, and darkness compress navigation into narrow seasonal windows, the actors who can reliably provide escort, routing, repair support, and emergency response gain a decisive advantage over those who merely wish to transit. This is the world where "safety" is not just a public good, but a bargaining space.Icebreakers and Influence explains how ice-capable fleets became tools of state power through the services that enable polar shipping. Igor Danilets follows the practical chain from hulls and crews to dispatch systems, tariffs, ports, maintenance backlogs, and rescue coverage, showing how capability translates into influence over who moves, when, and at what cost. Along the way, the book clarifies why ice escort services can function as governance, how fleet readiness cycles quietly determine market access, and why port support capacity can matter as much as geography. Instead of treating the Arctic as a contest of claims, it treats it as a contest of operational reliability.Written for students, general readers of geopolitics, and analysts of maritime strategy and political economy, the book offers a framework for evaluating Arctic competition through measurable enabling systems. Readers come away able to ask sharper questions about dependency and resilience: who controls the service stack, how route risk pricing disciplines or distorts behaviour, and what systemic risks arise when access depends on a single provider. The result is a clearer understanding of Arctic power as something built and maintained - season after season - in infrastructure, procedures, and the management of uncertainty. Icebreakers and Influence explains how ice-capable fleets became tools of state power through the services that enable polar shipping. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9789377948887
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