Andreas Østhagen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1433627 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andreas Østhagen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andreas |
| FAMILY NAME | Østhagen |
| SIGNATURE | ØSTHAGEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fridtjof Nansen Institute |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0180-2032 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Arctic Geopolitics
Is the Arctic destined for conflict, or can cooperation prevail? This timely book explores the complex interplay of security, geography, and regions in the Arctic. Moving beyond simplistic narratives of geopolitical rivalry, it offers a nuanced, multilevel analysis of state security practices, foreign policies, and regional cooperation across distinct subregions. Challenging conventional notions of 'regions' and re-evaluating the role of geograph…
The Nordic States, Nato and the EU in Arctic Security
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share via Elgaronline.com. This timely book explores the nuances of the Nordic states’ approach to security in the Arctic and their relationships with NATO and the EU. Challenging generalisations of the Arctic as peaceful and self-contained, it illustrates how Arctic security is fragmented by global geopolitics and conflicting int…
The myths of Svalbard geopolitics
The Arctic has become a victim of popularised geopolitical analyses. Common conceptions of ‘geopolitical rivalry’ being caused or even accelerated by sea ice melting are too simplistic. They under-estimate the complexity of the political and legal dynamics at play and over-estimate the explanatory power of geophysical change. Instead, we must examine the specific cases of geopolitics in the North. One such location is the Norwegian archipelago of…
Mineralvirksomhet på norsk sokkel
I 2020 startet Solberg-regjeringen en åpningsprosess for mineralvirksomhet på norsk sokkel. Om lag en tredjedel av området som ble vedtatt åpnet i 2024 overlapper med kontinentalsokkelen og fiskevernsonen rundt Svalbard. Mens det er bred enighet om at Norge har suverenitet og dermed bestemmer hvorvidt en åpning for kommersiell mineralvirksomhet skal skje på havbunnen i dette området, er det strid om hvorvidt Svalbardtraktaten eller moderne havret…
The East China Sea
This article analyzes ECS maritime disputes through two lenses: as a globally comparable case study mediated through LOS and as a distinct regional case that differs in several respects from disputes outside East Asia. This study focuses on the Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute but also examines broader EEZ and ADIZ disputes between China, Japan, and South Korea and the Ieodo dispute between China and South Korea. It finds that global dynamics are ap…
Ine Eriksen Søreide
Nordområdene har vært på den utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitiske agendaen i Norge i over to tiår. Ine Eriksen Søreide var først forsvarsminister, og deretter utenriksminister, i en periode av norsk nordområdepolitikk som har vært preget av motsetninger og utfordringer. Den utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitiske dimensjonen av nordområdepolitikken er en krevende balansekunst mellom å avskrekke, og samtidig samarbeide med, Russland. Denne artikkelen ser på …
The Arctic security region
The security interests of Arctic states are increasingly described as intertwined. The Arctic is seen either as a region where great power rivalries or resource wars are likely, or as a part of the world defined by cooperative traits and shared security interests. These depictions often implicitly lean on notions of a security region and regionalism, albeit without utilizing such frameworks to unpack security interactions in the Arctic. An increa…
What about the Arctic? The European Union’s Geopolitical Quest for Northern Space
Over the last decade(s), the European Union (EU) has established itself as geopolitical actor seeking to actively engage in the spatial ordering of its neighbourhoods. In order to better understand the existing geopolitical nature of the EU, this article addresses the question of the EU’s decade-long endeavour to construct legitimacy in its Northern Neighbourhood; an area often neglected in discussions about the EU’s geopolitical role. By examini…
How much is the fish? When foreign policy meets fishing interests in the EU's Arctic endeavour
This article explores the interaction between European Union (EU) foreign policy and the external dimension of fisheries policy in a specific case: a dispute over snow crab fisheries around the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard. We do two things: first, we examine a specific case that concerns both EU foreign policy and fisheries policy in order to understand the workings of the EU regarding these two policy domains. Second, we connect the…
Maritime boundary disputes
When states legalised the maritime domain in the 20th century, the relationship between states and maritime space changed. Since the turn of the millennium, certain global trends have further amplified the role of the oceans in international affairs. This has led to a renewed focus on maritime space, as well as states' rights and responsibilities within this domain, delineated through the concept of a ‘boundary’ at sea. What, in essence, is a mar…
Coast Guards and Ocean Politics in the Arctic
Introduksjon til fokusnummer
Når regjeringen legger fram en ny stortingsmelding om nordområdene høsten 2020, er det nesten et tiår siden forrige melding ble presentert. Veldig mye har endret seg siden da, ikke minst i form av Kinas fremvekst, økt spenning mellom NATO og Russland, og en reaksjonær amerikansk president. Nordområdene og hele det sirkumpolare Arktis har blitt en arena for symbolpolitikk og militær øvelsesaktivitet, samtidig som de arktiske landene fortsetter å s…
Stormaktspolitikk og økt spenning? Kunsten å skille mellom is og bart i Arktis
Nordområdene har vært på den norske utenrikspolitiske agendaen i 15 år. Mye har endret seg i denne perioden. Det som preger debatten i 2020, er forestillinger om stormaktpolitikk og rivalisering i nord. Samtidig hevdes det fra de arktiske hovedstedene at regionen er preget av samarbeid, og at de arktiske statene har fellesinteresser som gjør konflikt lite sannsynlig. Hvordan kan to så ulike oppfatninger om Arktis opptre samtidig? I dette bidraget…
Norges vern av suverene rettigheter rundt Svalbard
Svalbard og vernesonen rundt øygruppen står sentralt i det bilaterale forholdet mellom Norge og Russland, både økonomisk og sikkerhetspolitisk. Siden 1977 har en konflikt mellom landene omhandlet Norges rett til myndighetsutøvelse i disse farvannene. Hva er russiske persepsjoner av norsk politikk i vernesonen? Hvordan har persepsjoner og reaksjoner utviklet seg siden årtusenskiftet? Hvilke endringer – om noen – ser vi i forbindelse med forverring…
Managing Conflict at Sea
In 1977, Norway established a maritime Fisheries Protection Zone (FPZ) around Svalbard, yet avoided claiming an outright Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). A dispute with Russia over the status of the Zone arose. In the late 1990s, Norwegian enforcement of fisheries regulations became stricter, as fish stocks were in decline. This led the Norwegian Coast Guard to attempt to arrest Russian fishing vessels on several occasions, resulting in reactions f…
High North, Low Politics—Maritime Cooperation with Russia in the Arctic
Maritime activity is increasing in the Arctic. So is bilateral cooperation across maritime borders between coast guards intent on protecting natural resources, saving lives and assisting navigation. As tensions rose between Russia and the West in 2014, due to the conflict in Ukraine, coast guard cooperation in the Bering and Barents Seas was unaffected. Why? How did the respective bilateral cooperative structures between Norway/the United States …
Coastguards in peril
Defence collaboration is on the political agenda in most western countries. Simultaneously, maritime activity in the Arctic region is growing, spurring demand for various coast guard tasks of both civilian and military characters. How can defence collaboration be applied to deal with a changing situation in the Arctic? Arctic coastal states are facing heightened risks, and their various coast guard structures have to provide extended capacities f…
Norges vern av suverene rettigheter rundt Svalbard
Svalbard og vernesonen rundt øygruppen står sentralt i det bilaterale forholdet mellom Norge og Russland, både økonomisk og sikkerhetspolitisk. Siden 1977 har en konflikt mellom landene omhandlet Norges rett til myndighetsutøvelse i disse farvannene. Hva er russiske persepsjoner av norsk politikk i vernesonen? Hvordan har persepsjoner og reaksjoner utviklet seg siden årtusenskiftet? Hvilke endringer – om noen – ser vi i forbindelse med forverring…
High North, Low Politics—Maritime Cooperation with Russia in the Arctic
Maritime activity is increasing in the Arctic. So is bilateral cooperation across maritime borders between coast guards intent on protecting natural resources, saving lives and assisting navigation. As tensions rose between Russia and the West in 2014, due to the conflict in Ukraine, coast guard cooperation in the Bering and Barents Seas was unaffected. Why? How did the respective bilateral cooperative structures between Norway/the United States …
Coastguards in peril
Defence collaboration is on the political agenda in most western countries. Simultaneously, maritime activity in the Arctic region is growing, spurring demand for various coast guard tasks of both civilian and military characters. How can defence collaboration be applied to deal with a changing situation in the Arctic? Arctic coastal states are facing heightened risks, and their various coast guard structures have to provide extended capacities f…
The East China Sea
This article analyzes ECS maritime disputes through two lenses: as a globally comparable case study mediated through LOS and as a distinct regional case that differs in several respects from disputes outside East Asia. This study focuses on the Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute but also examines broader EEZ and ADIZ disputes between China, Japan, and South Korea and the Ieodo dispute between China and South Korea. It finds that global dynamics are ap…
What about the Arctic? The European Union’s Geopolitical Quest for Northern Space
Over the last decade(s), the European Union (EU) has established itself as geopolitical actor seeking to actively engage in the spatial ordering of its neighbourhoods. In order to better understand the existing geopolitical nature of the EU, this article addresses the question of the EU’s decade-long endeavour to construct legitimacy in its Northern Neighbourhood; an area often neglected in discussions about the EU’s geopolitical role. By examini…
How much is the fish? When foreign policy meets fishing interests in the EU's Arctic endeavour
This article explores the interaction between European Union (EU) foreign policy and the external dimension of fisheries policy in a specific case: a dispute over snow crab fisheries around the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard. We do two things: first, we examine a specific case that concerns both EU foreign policy and fisheries policy in order to understand the workings of the EU regarding these two policy domains. Second, we connect the…
Stormaktspolitikk og økt spenning? Kunsten å skille mellom is og bart i Arktis
Nordområdene har vært på den norske utenrikspolitiske agendaen i 15 år. Mye har endret seg i denne perioden. Det som preger debatten i 2020, er forestillinger om stormaktpolitikk og rivalisering i nord. Samtidig hevdes det fra de arktiske hovedstedene at regionen er preget av samarbeid, og at de arktiske statene har fellesinteresser som gjør konflikt lite sannsynlig. Hvordan kan to så ulike oppfatninger om Arktis opptre samtidig? I dette bidraget…
Coastguards in peril
Defence collaboration is on the political agenda in most western countries. Simultaneously, maritime activity in the Arctic region is growing, spurring demand for various coast guard tasks of both civilian and military characters. How can defence collaboration be applied to deal with a changing situation in the Arctic? Arctic coastal states are facing heightened risks, and their various coast guard structures have to provide extended capacities f…
High North, Low Politics—Maritime Cooperation with Russia in the Arctic
Maritime activity is increasing in the Arctic. So is bilateral cooperation across maritime borders between coast guards intent on protecting natural resources, saving lives and assisting navigation. As tensions rose between Russia and the West in 2014, due to the conflict in Ukraine, coast guard cooperation in the Bering and Barents Seas was unaffected. Why? How did the respective bilateral cooperative structures between Norway/the United States …
Managing Conflict at Sea
In 1977, Norway established a maritime Fisheries Protection Zone (FPZ) around Svalbard, yet avoided claiming an outright Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ). A dispute with Russia over the status of the Zone arose. In the late 1990s, Norwegian enforcement of fisheries regulations became stricter, as fish stocks were in decline. This led the Norwegian Coast Guard to attempt to arrest Russian fishing vessels on several occasions, resulting in reactions f…
Maritime boundary disputes
When states legalised the maritime domain in the 20th century, the relationship between states and maritime space changed. Since the turn of the millennium, certain global trends have further amplified the role of the oceans in international affairs. This has led to a renewed focus on maritime space, as well as states' rights and responsibilities within this domain, delineated through the concept of a ‘boundary’ at sea. What, in essence, is a mar…
Coast Guards and Ocean Politics in the Arctic
Introduksjon til fokusnummer
Når regjeringen legger fram en ny stortingsmelding om nordområdene høsten 2020, er det nesten et tiår siden forrige melding ble presentert. Veldig mye har endret seg siden da, ikke minst i form av Kinas fremvekst, økt spenning mellom NATO og Russland, og en reaksjonær amerikansk president. Nordområdene og hele det sirkumpolare Arktis har blitt en arena for symbolpolitikk og militær øvelsesaktivitet, samtidig som de arktiske landene fortsetter å s…
Stormaktspolitikk og økt spenning? Kunsten å skille mellom is og bart i Arktis
Nordområdene har vært på den norske utenrikspolitiske agendaen i 15 år. Mye har endret seg i denne perioden. Det som preger debatten i 2020, er forestillinger om stormaktpolitikk og rivalisering i nord. Samtidig hevdes det fra de arktiske hovedstedene at regionen er preget av samarbeid, og at de arktiske statene har fellesinteresser som gjør konflikt lite sannsynlig. Hvordan kan to så ulike oppfatninger om Arktis opptre samtidig? I dette bidraget…
Norges vern av suverene rettigheter rundt Svalbard
Svalbard og vernesonen rundt øygruppen står sentralt i det bilaterale forholdet mellom Norge og Russland, både økonomisk og sikkerhetspolitisk. Siden 1977 har en konflikt mellom landene omhandlet Norges rett til myndighetsutøvelse i disse farvannene. Hva er russiske persepsjoner av norsk politikk i vernesonen? Hvordan har persepsjoner og reaksjoner utviklet seg siden årtusenskiftet? Hvilke endringer – om noen – ser vi i forbindelse med forverring…
The Arctic security region
The security interests of Arctic states are increasingly described as intertwined. The Arctic is seen either as a region where great power rivalries or resource wars are likely, or as a part of the world defined by cooperative traits and shared security interests. These depictions often implicitly lean on notions of a security region and regionalism, albeit without utilizing such frameworks to unpack security interactions in the Arctic. An increa…
What about the Arctic? The European Union’s Geopolitical Quest for Northern Space
Over the last decade(s), the European Union (EU) has established itself as geopolitical actor seeking to actively engage in the spatial ordering of its neighbourhoods. In order to better understand the existing geopolitical nature of the EU, this article addresses the question of the EU’s decade-long endeavour to construct legitimacy in its Northern Neighbourhood; an area often neglected in discussions about the EU’s geopolitical role. By examini…
How much is the fish? When foreign policy meets fishing interests in the EU's Arctic endeavour
This article explores the interaction between European Union (EU) foreign policy and the external dimension of fisheries policy in a specific case: a dispute over snow crab fisheries around the Norwegian Arctic Archipelago of Svalbard. We do two things: first, we examine a specific case that concerns both EU foreign policy and fisheries policy in order to understand the workings of the EU regarding these two policy domains. Second, we connect the…
Ine Eriksen Søreide
Nordområdene har vært på den utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitiske agendaen i Norge i over to tiår. Ine Eriksen Søreide var først forsvarsminister, og deretter utenriksminister, i en periode av norsk nordområdepolitikk som har vært preget av motsetninger og utfordringer. Den utenriks- og sikkerhetspolitiske dimensjonen av nordområdepolitikken er en krevende balansekunst mellom å avskrekke, og samtidig samarbeide med, Russland. Denne artikkelen ser på …
The myths of Svalbard geopolitics
The Arctic has become a victim of popularised geopolitical analyses. Common conceptions of ‘geopolitical rivalry’ being caused or even accelerated by sea ice melting are too simplistic. They under-estimate the complexity of the political and legal dynamics at play and over-estimate the explanatory power of geophysical change. Instead, we must examine the specific cases of geopolitics in the North. One such location is the Norwegian archipelago of…
Mineralvirksomhet på norsk sokkel
I 2020 startet Solberg-regjeringen en åpningsprosess for mineralvirksomhet på norsk sokkel. Om lag en tredjedel av området som ble vedtatt åpnet i 2024 overlapper med kontinentalsokkelen og fiskevernsonen rundt Svalbard. Mens det er bred enighet om at Norge har suverenitet og dermed bestemmer hvorvidt en åpning for kommersiell mineralvirksomhet skal skje på havbunnen i dette området, er det strid om hvorvidt Svalbardtraktaten eller moderne havret…
The East China Sea
This article analyzes ECS maritime disputes through two lenses: as a globally comparable case study mediated through LOS and as a distinct regional case that differs in several respects from disputes outside East Asia. This study focuses on the Senkaku/Diaoyu island dispute but also examines broader EEZ and ADIZ disputes between China, Japan, and South Korea and the Ieodo dispute between China and South Korea. It finds that global dynamics are ap…
The Nordic States, Nato and the EU in Arctic Security
This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share via Elgaronline.com. This timely book explores the nuances of the Nordic states’ approach to security in the Arctic and their relationships with NATO and the EU. Challenging generalisations of the Arctic as peaceful and self-contained, it illustrates how Arctic security is fragmented by global geopolitics and conflicting int…
Arctic Geopolitics
Is the Arctic destined for conflict, or can cooperation prevail? This timely book explores the complex interplay of security, geography, and regions in the Arctic. Moving beyond simplistic narratives of geopolitical rivalry, it offers a nuanced, multilevel analysis of state security practices, foreign policies, and regional cooperation across distinct subregions. Challenging conventional notions of 'regions' and re-evaluating the role of geograph…
Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (16 works) · Political science (15 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Arctic (9 works) · Geography (8 works) · Oceanography (7 works) · The arctic (7 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geology (5 works)