Small States in World Politics: Norwegian Interests and Foreign Policy Challenges in the Arctic
Small states are perceived to be subject to the will of great powers in the international system. Yet, small states – such as Norway – also have interests they pursue through various means. This article features an inventory of the Norwegian government’s main foreign policy and Arctic policy interes...
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ftnorduniv:oai:nordopen.nord.no:11250/3115503 2024-04-07T07:48:29+00:00 Small States in World Politics: Norwegian Interests and Foreign Policy Challenges in the Arctic Steinveg, Beate 2024 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3115503 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v15.5125 eng eng Cappelen Damm Akademisk Steinveg, B. (2024). Small States in World Politics: Norwegian Interests and Foreign Policy Challenges in the Arctic. Arctic Review on Law and Politics. 15, 3-24. doi: urn:issn:1891-6252 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3115503 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v15.5125 cristin:2238243 Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no © 2024 The Author(s) 3-24 15 Arctic Review on Law and Politics Peer reviewed Journal article 2024 ftnorduniv https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v15.5125 2024-03-14T19:12:18Z Small states are perceived to be subject to the will of great powers in the international system. Yet, small states – such as Norway – also have interests they pursue through various means. This article features an inventory of the Norwegian government’s main foreign policy and Arctic policy interests, and examines the rationale behind these interests from a domestic and an international perspective. The article highlights Norway’s challenges in the Arctic, including balancing between Russia and NATO, Norway’s bilateral relationship with the United States, dealing with China as an emerging Arctic stakeholder, and Norway’s ambivalent relationship with the European Union concerning the Arctic. The analysis draws on theorizing about small states in world politics and Putnam’s two-level game. The latter facilitates the examination of how the Norwegian government must reconcile domestic and international priorities simultaneously, and how the negotiation of foreign policy is conducted as a balancing act in national and international arenas. publishedVersion Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic review on law and politics Nord Open Research Archive Arctic Norway Arctic Review on Law and Politics 15 |
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Small states are perceived to be subject to the will of great powers in the international system. Yet, small states – such as Norway – also have interests they pursue through various means. This article features an inventory of the Norwegian government’s main foreign policy and Arctic policy interests, and examines the rationale behind these interests from a domestic and an international perspective. The article highlights Norway’s challenges in the Arctic, including balancing between Russia and NATO, Norway’s bilateral relationship with the United States, dealing with China as an emerging Arctic stakeholder, and Norway’s ambivalent relationship with the European Union concerning the Arctic. The analysis draws on theorizing about small states in world politics and Putnam’s two-level game. The latter facilitates the examination of how the Norwegian government must reconcile domestic and international priorities simultaneously, and how the negotiation of foreign policy is conducted as a balancing act in national and international arenas. publishedVersion |
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Steinveg, B. (2024). Small States in World Politics: Norwegian Interests and Foreign Policy Challenges in the Arctic. Arctic Review on Law and Politics. 15, 3-24. doi: urn:issn:1891-6252 https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3115503 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v15.5125 cristin:2238243 |
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