Willy Østreng
Biographic Data
| ID | 5423580 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Willy Østreng |
| GIVEN NAMES | Willy |
| FAMILY NAME | Østreng |
| SIGNATURE | ØSTRENG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Fridtjof Nansen Foundation, Oslo |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Change will be the constant – future environmental policy and governance challenges in Svalbard
Svalbard will gain increased strategic importance in the future development of the Norwegian Arctic. We argue from a perspective of international relations that the current Svalbard policies inadequately reflects the environmental, economic, social and political changes facing the archipelago. We ask what will be the paramount environmental management challenges facing Svalbard in the future, and how the governance system can deal with these? Wit…
Shipping in Arctic Waters
The most comprehensive and richest study undertaken so far of the factors and conditions that will determine the scope and range of shipping and shipping activities in Arctic waters now and in the future. Furthermore, it is the first study comparing the three Arctic transportation corridors, covering a variety of interacting and interdependent factors such as: - geopolitics, military affairs, global warming, sea ice melting, international economi…
The International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP)
The ecosystem-management approach laid down in the Arctic Council Marine Strategic Plan (AMSP) was not started on an empty purse. Some of the integrative (interdisciplinary) concepts of the International Northern Sea Route Programme developed during the period 1993–99 may prove useful in making the AMSP a document of operational utility and significance. The INSROP analysis was designed around two counterveiling variable: obstacles to and promoti…
National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic — the Case of the Northern Sea Route
The Natural and Societal Challenges of the Northern Sea Route
Environmental Problems
The Politics of Continental Shelves
Østreng, W. The Politics of Continental Shelves: The South China Sea in a Comparative Perspective. Cooperation and Conflict XX, 1985, 253-277. The author discusses three modes of reaction to international conflicts regarding the rights to exploit resources on the seabed to which there are overlapping claims of sovereignty: zero-sum reactions, freeze reactions, and positive-sum reactions. In doing so, the author draws on experience from joint-deve…
Northern Development, Northern Security, by Nils Orvik
Soviet-Norwegian Relations in the Arctic
Norway and the Soviet Union are neighbours in the Arctic; they share a common land border, they both face the Barents Sea, and they share an interest in the archipelago of Svalbard where citizens from both countries engage in coal mining. In the EastWest context, however, they are far apart. This is why the north is the single most important issue in Soviet-Norwegian relations and why the government in Oslo regards the resolution of any problems …
Norwegian Petroleum Policy and Ocean Management
Østreng, W. Norwegian Petroleum Policy and Ocean Management: The Need to Consider Foreign Interests. Cooperation and Conflict, XVII, 1982, 117-138. The perspective of this article is that the mutual interdependence between the nations of the world is on the increase and that the national community and the outside world reveal more and more points of contact. Problems are internationalized, increasingly the fate of one nation is the concern of all…
Politics in high latitudes
The Strategic Balance and the Arctic Ocean
Seventy percent of the Soviet Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine force (SSBNs) operates from bases in the Arctic. The most frequently cited explanation for this deployment is that transit of Soviet SSBNs through the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap to launch station off the east coast of the United States is secured. This explanation is both reasonable and possible, but not necessarily fully exhaustive. It seems for instance to overlook the operational …
The Arctic Ocean and the Law of the Sea
Taking the deliberations of the UN Sea-Bed Committee as its point of departure, this article discusses the future legal and political status of the Arctic Ocean region. Basing their argument on the strategic, ecological and political uniqueness of the area, the authors reach the conclusion that the polar seas, beyond national jurisdiction, should be placed under the joint administration and control of the five Arctic litto ral powers (the US, the…
The Challenge of New Territories - An Introduction
Strength and Impotence. The Developing Countries and the Development in New Territories
This article examines the possible political and economic effects of large-scale mineral extraction from the seabed. The findings presented indicate that development in new territories may conceivably serve to exacerbate existing conflict dimensions, notably the North/South dimension in global politics. Because of the developed countries' monopoly on know-how and economic capability, exploration and exploitation of the inorganic resources of the …
Environmental Problems
The Arctic Ocean and the Law of the Sea
Taking the deliberations of the UN Sea-Bed Committee as its point of departure, this article discusses the future legal and political status of the Arctic Ocean region. Basing their argument on the strategic, ecological and political uniqueness of the area, the authors reach the conclusion that the polar seas, beyond national jurisdiction, should be placed under the joint administration and control of the five Arctic litto ral powers (the US, the…
The International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP)
The ecosystem-management approach laid down in the Arctic Council Marine Strategic Plan (AMSP) was not started on an empty purse. Some of the integrative (interdisciplinary) concepts of the International Northern Sea Route Programme developed during the period 1993–99 may prove useful in making the AMSP a document of operational utility and significance. The INSROP analysis was designed around two counterveiling variable: obstacles to and promoti…
The Politics of Continental Shelves
Østreng, W. The Politics of Continental Shelves: The South China Sea in a Comparative Perspective. Cooperation and Conflict XX, 1985, 253-277. The author discusses three modes of reaction to international conflicts regarding the rights to exploit resources on the seabed to which there are overlapping claims of sovereignty: zero-sum reactions, freeze reactions, and positive-sum reactions. In doing so, the author draws on experience from joint-deve…
The Arctic Ocean and the Law of the Sea
Taking the deliberations of the UN Sea-Bed Committee as its point of departure, this article discusses the future legal and political status of the Arctic Ocean region. Basing their argument on the strategic, ecological and political uniqueness of the area, the authors reach the conclusion that the polar seas, beyond national jurisdiction, should be placed under the joint administration and control of the five Arctic litto ral powers (the US, the…
The Challenge of New Territories - An Introduction
Strength and Impotence. The Developing Countries and the Development in New Territories
This article examines the possible political and economic effects of large-scale mineral extraction from the seabed. The findings presented indicate that development in new territories may conceivably serve to exacerbate existing conflict dimensions, notably the North/South dimension in global politics. Because of the developed countries' monopoly on know-how and economic capability, exploration and exploitation of the inorganic resources of the …
Politics in high latitudes
The Strategic Balance and the Arctic Ocean
Seventy percent of the Soviet Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine force (SSBNs) operates from bases in the Arctic. The most frequently cited explanation for this deployment is that transit of Soviet SSBNs through the Greenland-Iceland-UK Gap to launch station off the east coast of the United States is secured. This explanation is both reasonable and possible, but not necessarily fully exhaustive. It seems for instance to overlook the operational …
Norwegian Petroleum Policy and Ocean Management
Østreng, W. Norwegian Petroleum Policy and Ocean Management: The Need to Consider Foreign Interests. Cooperation and Conflict, XVII, 1982, 117-138. The perspective of this article is that the mutual interdependence between the nations of the world is on the increase and that the national community and the outside world reveal more and more points of contact. Problems are internationalized, increasingly the fate of one nation is the concern of all…
Northern Development, Northern Security, by Nils Orvik
Soviet-Norwegian Relations in the Arctic
Norway and the Soviet Union are neighbours in the Arctic; they share a common land border, they both face the Barents Sea, and they share an interest in the archipelago of Svalbard where citizens from both countries engage in coal mining. In the EastWest context, however, they are far apart. This is why the north is the single most important issue in Soviet-Norwegian relations and why the government in Oslo regards the resolution of any problems …
The Politics of Continental Shelves
Østreng, W. The Politics of Continental Shelves: The South China Sea in a Comparative Perspective. Cooperation and Conflict XX, 1985, 253-277. The author discusses three modes of reaction to international conflicts regarding the rights to exploit resources on the seabed to which there are overlapping claims of sovereignty: zero-sum reactions, freeze reactions, and positive-sum reactions. In doing so, the author draws on experience from joint-deve…
Environmental Problems
National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic — the Case of the Northern Sea Route
The Natural and Societal Challenges of the Northern Sea Route
The International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP)
The ecosystem-management approach laid down in the Arctic Council Marine Strategic Plan (AMSP) was not started on an empty purse. Some of the integrative (interdisciplinary) concepts of the International Northern Sea Route Programme developed during the period 1993–99 may prove useful in making the AMSP a document of operational utility and significance. The INSROP analysis was designed around two counterveiling variable: obstacles to and promoti…
Shipping in Arctic Waters
The most comprehensive and richest study undertaken so far of the factors and conditions that will determine the scope and range of shipping and shipping activities in Arctic waters now and in the future. Furthermore, it is the first study comparing the three Arctic transportation corridors, covering a variety of interacting and interdependent factors such as: - geopolitics, military affairs, global warming, sea ice melting, international economi…
Change will be the constant – future environmental policy and governance challenges in Svalbard
Svalbard will gain increased strategic importance in the future development of the Norwegian Arctic. We argue from a perspective of international relations that the current Svalbard policies inadequately reflects the environmental, economic, social and political changes facing the archipelago. We ask what will be the paramount environmental management challenges facing Svalbard in the future, and how the governance system can deal with these? Wit…
Political science (12 works) · Arctic and Russian Policy Studies (11 works) · Geography (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (9 works) · Geology (8 works) · Oceanography (8 works) · Arctic (7 works) · Economics (7 works) · Geology (7 works)