Essays about: "Arctic conflicts"

Found 4 essays containing the words Arctic conflicts.

1. 1. Climate change: a conflict driver? : A study seeking to understand how state actors in the Arctic Region perceive central aspects of the Environmental Conflict lens.

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Aleksander Kranjc; [2021]
   Keywords : Arctic; Environment; Conflict; Qualitative; Content Analysis;

   Abstract : With parallel increases in both climate change effects and heightening tension between state actors within the Arctic Region, a detrimental outcome is possible if not properly understood. Handling such intricate relationship between climate change, its impacts on human society and conflicts, the Environmental Conflict lens offers a useful perspective that identifies structural conditions and behavioural mechanisms created by climate change, as drivers of conflict. READ MORE

3. 2. Warmer Arctic, cooler cooperation - A frame analysis about the Arctic Council Ministerial Meetings’ statements 2015 - 2019

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Linda Kivi; [2020]
   Keywords : climate change; the Arctic; Arctic Council; multilateral climate governance; cooperation; sustainable development; frame analysis; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : 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

4. 3. What does the Increased Fossil Fuel Scarcity mean for the Arctic Region? A Quantitative and Qualitative Content Analysis of Canada, Denmark, Norway, the United States and Russia's Arctic Strategy

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Ida Strand; [2019]
   Keywords : Arctic; Climate Change; Environment; Fossil Fuel; Gas; Interests; Oil; Militarization; Resources; Security; Sovereignty; Territory;

   Abstract : This bachelor thesis asks the question, what does the increased fossil fuel scarcity mean for the Arctic region? It further investigates the aim and motives by the five main Arctic states. With the use of structural realism, existing research on the parallels between resource scarcity and conflict and, the combination of two methodological approaches: quantitative and qualitative content analysis, I argue in this study that the five states will act in accordance with the structural realist way and exploit the Arctic due to the protection of their national interests and security. READ MORE

5. 4. Arctic Conflicts : A study of geopolitical relations and potential conflicts in the High North

   University essay from Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Daniel Jönsson; [2014]
   Keywords : Arctic conflicts; Russia; cooperation; UNCLOS; sea routes; natural resources; Arctic Council; Canada; Denmark; Norway; United States;

   Abstract : The IPCC report from 2013 predicts radical temperature changes in the world the coming years, with a melting ice cap in the Arctic as consequence. According to geological research made by institutes and scholars from the Arctic states the Arctic is likely to hold the last remaining oil and gas resources of the world. READ MORE