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Coast Guards and Ocean Politics in the Arctic

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Authors:
  1. Andreas Østhagen

    1. Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Lysaker, Norway

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  • Offers a unique examination of the CoastGuards in the Arctic utilising a comparative approach spanning six different Arctic domains.
  • Addresses the issues of maritime rights in the changing Arctic
  • Provides overview of activity patterns in Arctic waters and responsible coast guard structures

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Facing Arctic Challenges at Sea

    • Andreas Østhagen
    Pages 1-10

  3. Maritime Sovereignty, Rights, and Cooperation

    • Andreas Østhagen
    Pages 11-24

  4. Maritime Tasks and Challenges in the Arctic

    • Andreas Østhagen
    Pages 25-32

  5. Coast Guards in the Arctic

    • Andreas Østhagen
    Pages 33-46

  6. A Case of Bilateral Cooperation: Norway–Russia

    • Andreas Østhagen
    Pages 47-63

  7. International Cooperation as an Arctic Solution?

    • Andreas Østhagen
    Pages 65-77

  8. The Growing Importance of Coast Guards

    • Andreas Østhagen
    Pages 79-90

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 91-92
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About this book

This book is about how coast guards are becoming states’ foremost tool to manage changes occurring in ocean politics generally, and in the Arctic specifically. It looks at states’ rights at sea, changes occurring in the Arctic region, how coast guards are handling issues arising, and how international cooperation can deal with some of the related challenges. 

Authors and Affiliations

  • Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Lysaker, Norway

    Andreas Østhagen

About the author

Andreas Østhagen is a Senior Fellow at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), a Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute and an Advisor at the High North Center for Business and Governance at Nord University. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Coast Guards and Ocean Politics in the Arctic

  • Authors: Andreas Østhagen

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-0754-0

  • Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Singapore

  • eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0753-3Published: 19 November 2019

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-981-15-0756-4Published: 19 November 2020

  • eBook ISBN: 978-981-15-0754-0Published: 04 November 2019

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 92

  • Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Environmental Policy, Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice, Maritime Economics

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