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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘This compilation of perspectives on Norway’s High North policy provides excellent insight into its development and evolution, tracing the impact of changing foreign policy dynamics over several decades. The various descriptions of specific challenges, from Svalbard to China, from fisheries to NATO relationships, all shed light on the progression of the domestic and foreign policies grouped under Norway’s High North agendas. Given the upcoming transition of the Arctic Policy Chairmanship from Russia to Norway, this book is particularly timely and helpful to those who seek to understand Norway’s place in the world, as well as in the region.’ -- Fran Ulmer, Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, US
‘As this timely book explains, Norway is required by geography to cooperate with Russia while knowing that Russian military forces pose an existential threat. That delicate balance, between cooperation and conflict, is key to understanding the political and security dynamics of the Arctic as a whole.’ -- Michael Byers, University of British Columbia, Canada
Table of ContentsContents: 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 index
