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Norway has a unique geopolitical role in the arctic that has been strengthened by the past decades of extensive policies. The Norwegian government states that its "geopolitical location is a key part of its strategic significance beyond demographic" in regional geopolitics. [1]
Norway currently holds the presidency of the Nordic Council as well as the chairmanship in the Arctic Council. Through these positions Norway is working towards a defence cooperation in the Arctic. [60] Norway is considered a small state that uses big state strategies, and it shows in its political stance on the Arctic.
The Barents Sea is a secluded part of the Arctic Ocean divided between Norway and Russia. The politics in the Barents Sea is of paramount importance for the 2 countries relationship, showing both maritime conflict and maritime cooperation.
When Arctic nations simulated a large oil spill for a virtual training exercise in March off northern Norway, Russia also took part - a rare sign of cooperation between Moscow and the West that ...
The era of "Arctic exceptionalism" is over. The High North is no longer insulated from geopolitics everywhere else.
As defined by the UNCLOS, states have ten years from the date of ratification to make claims to an extended continental shelf.They must present to the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf, a UN body, geological evidence that their shelf effectively extends beyond the 200 nautical miles limit but no more than an additional 150 nautical miles or 100 nautical miles from the 2500 ...
The Pentagon on Monday announced a new strategy to build up its presence in the Arctic region, which is becoming more contested militarily as climate change drives the melting of sea ice and opens ...
The Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme was established as a working group of the Arctic Council in 1991. [1] Its main function is to advise the governments of the eight Arctic member nations [2] —Canada, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Russia, Sweden and the United States—on environment-related issues such as pollution. [2]