Norway’s Arctic Policy

Geopolitics, Security and Identity in the High North

Buch | Hardcover

138 Seiten

2023
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-0353-0662-6 (ISBN)

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Offering a concise and coherent look at geopolitics and security in the Arctic, this book analyses how the High North has become central to the security interaction between NATO and Russia, and between China and the United States.

Featuring contributions from top scholars in the field, the book highlights the key issues relating to the formation of Norwegian foreign and security policy in the North. Chapters examine security issues surrounding Svalbard, and how the Arctic has become integral to Norwegian security, regional development, and identity politics. Overall, this book presents a comprehensive examination of Norway’s approach to foreign policy and security issues in an area of immense strategic and ecological responsibility.

With an introductory statement from the former Foreign Minister of Norway, this book will be essential reading for academics and students of European politics, human geography, international relations, Nordic studies, and political geography and geopolitics. It will also be beneficial for government officials and security personnel working on Arctic issues, and in Nordic countries and Northern Europe.

Edited by Andreas Østhagen, Senior Researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway

Contents:

1 Introduction: Norway’s strategic priority 1
Andreas Østhagen

PART I SITUATING NORWAY IN THE NORTH
2 Norway in a changing High North 16
Ine Eriksen Søreide

PART II FOREIGN POLICY AND SECURITY
3 Geopolitics and increased tension? The art of
differentiating between political dynamics in the Arctic 23
Andreas Østhagen and Svein Vigeland Rottem
4 Security policy, Russia, and the High North 38
Ingeborg Nortvedt Bjur, Karen-Anna Eggen, and
Paal Sigurd Hilde
5 Norway’s flawed nordområdene policy 56
Torbjørn Pedersen and Odd Gunnar Skagestad

PART III ISSUES AND TOPICS IN NORWAY’S HIGH NORTH
6 Sea, fish, and resource management in the High North 66
Alf Håkon Hoel
7 Svalbard and the surrounding seas – new foreign
policy challenges for Norway? 78
Arild Moe and Øystein Jensen
8 The ‘new superpower’: what are China’s intentions
in the Arctic? 96
Anders Christoffer Edstrøm, Iselin Stensdal, and
Gørild M. Heggelund
9 Norwegian High North narratives and identity
construction in the North 110
Beate Steinveg and Ingrid Agnete Medby

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Erscheinungsdatum	24.08.2023
Verlagsort	Cheltenham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10	1-0353-0662-X / 103530662X
ISBN-13	978-1-0353-0662-6 / 9781035306626
Zustand	Neuware