Sökning: "Arctic security"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 38 uppsatser innehållade orden Arctic security.

  1. 1. Securing the Arctic : An analysis of Sweden's construction of security in the Arctic (2020-2023)

    Master-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

    Författare :Lovisa Sand; [2024]
    Nyckelord :Arctic; securitization; Sweden; Arctic security;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis examines how the Arctic region is portrayed and constructed as a security matter within Swedish state discourses from 2020 to 2023. Focused on the escalating geopolitical significance and the transformative impact of climate change in the Arctic, the thesis scrutinizes Sweden's portrayal of security in the region. LÄS MER

  2. 2. The Arctic in Transition : Great Power Competition at the End of the Post-Cold War Order

    Master-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

    Författare :Malin Ridström; [2024]
    Nyckelord :the Arctic; Russia; China; the United States; great power behaviour; offensive realism; defensive realism; power transition theory; grand strategy; qualitative content analysis; Arctic exceptionalism;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

  3. 3. USA och Norges avskräckningsstrategier i Arktis

    Master-uppsats, Försvarshögskolan

    Författare :Mathias Holmberg; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Arktis; Avskräckning; Militärstrategi; Norge; Regional Security Complex Theory; USA;

    Sammanfattning : This qualitative study explores the application of deterrence strategies by the United States and Norway in the Arctic. Using the Regional Security Complex Theory to understand complex interactions in the region, the study finds that the countries have differing perspectives and strategies. LÄS MER

  4. 4. Melting Security – Indigenous Livelihood in the Canadian Arctic

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Författare :Lisa Pohl; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Paris Agreement; Climate Change; Inuit; Nunavut; Societal Security; Social Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : The COP21 Paris Agreement is considered a milestone on the way to limiting global warming to 1.5°C. For the first time in history, a climate convention is signed by all 198 members of the UNFCCC, with each signatory state being responsible for developing their own climate strategy that considers the national circumstances. LÄS MER

  5. 5. The Geopolitical Tensions in the Arctic Region : A Comparative Study of Russia’s and Finland’s Arctic Policies

    Kandidat-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Författare :Astrid Nord; [2023]
    Nyckelord :Arctic; Arctic Council; Finland; Russia; Neoclassical realism; Security;

    Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER