The European Union – An Arctic Actor?

- Since launching its first Arctic communiqué in 2008, the European Union has strived to be accepted as a legitimate Arctic actor. Yet the EU's symbolic quest towards achieving observer status in the Arctic Council has proved disproportionately long and difficult. Despite starting out with loft...

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Main Author: Østhagen, Andreas
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2015
Subjects:
Arctic
Arctic Council
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11250/294014
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spelling ftforstvareshs:oai:fhs.brage.unit.no:11250/294014 2023-05-15T14:30:47+02:00 The European Union – An Arctic Actor? Østhagen, Andreas 2015-07-30T11:17:44Z application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/11250/294014 eng eng Journal of Military and Strategic Studies 2013, 15(2):71-92 urn:issn:1488-559X http://hdl.handle.net/11250/294014 cristin:1123777 Journal article 2015 ftforstvareshs 2022-06-30T16:10:35Z - Since launching its first Arctic communiqué in 2008, the European Union has strived to be accepted as a legitimate Arctic actor. Yet the EU's symbolic quest towards achieving observer status in the Arctic Council has proved disproportionately long and difficult. Despite starting out with lofty ideals about its Arctic engagement, the EU has been forced to re-adjust and modify its approach to the region. This chapter aims to explain why the EU has engaged in the Arctic in the first place and how it has gone about doing so, while also elaborating on the different contentious issues that has come about as a consequence of this engagement. To do this one must first conceptualise the EU as a foreign policy actor, as a tool for understanding the development of an EU Arctic policy. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Council Arctic The Norwegian Defence University College: FHS Brage Arctic
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