Essays about: "Arctic Politics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Arctic Politics.
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1. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : This study uses defensive realism, offensive realism and power transition theory (PTT) in order to examine the great powers’ grand strategies in the Arctic region, aiming to recontextualise the security theatre in the Arctic as a reflection of the return of great power politics and the end of Arctic exceptionalism, and to examine the explanatory power of the different strands of realism on the great power behaviour identified in their Arctic strategies. The study is conducted using qualitative content analysis and utilises Jacob Westberg’s theorisation of grand strategies through the categories of context, ends, means and ways as analytical framework, to which the theoretical framework is applied. READ MORE
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2. The Geopolitical Tensions in the Arctic Region : A Comparative Study of Russia’s and Finland’s Arctic Policies
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis presents an analysis of Russia’s and Finland’s Arctic polities, and what effects their policies have for the future geopolitical situation. The argument of this thesis that the implication of Russia’s and Finland’s policies on the geopolitical situation in the Arctic will likely get increasingly tense in the future. READ MORE
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3. Data centers and Indigenous sovereignty : Data center materialities, representation and power in Sápmi/northern Sweden
University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för kultur och lärandeAbstract : From “disguised and concealed” (Parks and Starosielski 2015) in nature to more recent, select attempts at “visible, accessible, environmentally friendly” (Holt and Vonderau 2015), data centers are the backbone of the digital infrastructure. Studies of data centers continuously help develop media and communications studies in understanding the role of media infrastructure, representations of imaginaries of the cloud; social, political and economic realities embedded in data, and issues of power, agency and resistance against the backdrop of increased global concerns for the environment and greening practices, built into the discourse of tech companies. READ MORE
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4. NOT SO NORMATIVE? The European Commission and the ever-changing Arctic region.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Climate change has drastically changed the prospects of obtaining resources in the Arctic that where long deemed unobtainable due to the harsh climate in the region. The European Union has gradually evolved its Arctic policy in recent years due to these severe alterations, in which the European Commission has been the most active in pursuing that policy. READ MORE
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5. Warmer Arctic, cooler cooperation - A frame analysis about the Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings’ statements 2015 - 2019
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Policy conflicts in the multilateral Arctic cooperation have gained more space during the past few years. Once established for cooperation and interaction among the Arctic states and indigenous peoples, along with the promotion of sustainable development and environmental protection, the Arctic Council is now facing some challenges in fulfilling its core doctrines. READ MORE