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1. 1. Climate Variability and Interstate Conflict : In the Arctic Region

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Anna Svedin; [2022]
   Keywords : climate variability; interstate conflict; militarized interstate incidents; Arctic;

   Abstract : This thesis draws on the climate-conflict research field to explore the question how does climate variability affect interstate conflict? This thesis contributes to various gaps in previous research by studying interstate conflict while most climate-conflict research investigates internal conflict, by using a new operationalization of climate variability as sea ice extent, and by studying an understudied case, the Arctic region. The theoretical argument consists of two parallel processes, a background mechanism focused on long-term climate change and a main mechanism focused on short-term climate variability. READ MORE