The politics of security and international law in Norway's Arctic waters
ABSTRACT Security policy challenges in the high north should be approached both as an insight into the international legal framework on which co-existence in the region rests and as a sober realpolitik analysis. Against this background, the objective of this article is to paint a more balanced pictu...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0032247409990076 2024-06-16T07:37:25+00:00 The politics of security and international law in Norway's Arctic waters Jensen, Øystein Rottem, Svein Vigeland 2009 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409990076 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0032247409990076 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Polar Record volume 46, issue 1, page 75-83 ISSN 0032-2474 1475-3057 journal-article 2009 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0032247409990076 2024-05-22T12:55:23Z ABSTRACT Security policy challenges in the high north should be approached both as an insight into the international legal framework on which co-existence in the region rests and as a sober realpolitik analysis. Against this background, the objective of this article is to paint a more balanced picture of security policy options in Norway's Arctic waters, rather than observing contemporary general discourse on the topic might suggest. Management of marine resources, delimitation of unresolved maritime boundaries and relations with Russia in the northern maritime areas are used as examples to substantiate our main thesis which is that dispassionate diplomacy is more likely to resolve disputes than is military confrontation. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Polar Record Cambridge University Press Arctic Polar Record 46 1 75 83 |
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ABSTRACT Security policy challenges in the high north should be approached both as an insight into the international legal framework on which co-existence in the region rests and as a sober realpolitik analysis. Against this background, the objective of this article is to paint a more balanced picture of security policy options in Norway's Arctic waters, rather than observing contemporary general discourse on the topic might suggest. Management of marine resources, delimitation of unresolved maritime boundaries and relations with Russia in the northern maritime areas are used as examples to substantiate our main thesis which is that dispassionate diplomacy is more likely to resolve disputes than is military confrontation. |
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