Coast Guards and Ocean Politics in the Arctic

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. 

List of contents

Facing Arctic Challenges at Sea.- Maritime Sovereignty, Rights and Cooperation.- Maritime Tasks and Challenges in the Arctic.- Coast Guards in the Arctic.- A Case of Bilateral Cooperation - Norway-Russia.- International Cooperation as an Arctic Solution?.- The Growing Importance of Coast Guards.

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. 

Product details

• Authors: Andreas Østhagen
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.12.2020
• EAN: 9789811507564
• ISBN: 978-981-1507-56-4
• No. of pages: 92
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 6 mm x 210 mm
• Illustrations: XIII, 92 p. 1 illus.
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Political sociology