Respond to both sections. Section 1 counts 60%, Section 2 counts 40%
Section 1 (60%)
Respond to one (1) of the tasks below:
Either
Give an account of the security dilemma. Discuss how and to what extent this phenomenon can explain the pattern of investments in Arctic military capabilities during the past decade.
Or
Give an account of the core elements of the Svalbard Treaty. What geopolitical factors that can help to explain those elements? How and to what extent does this treaty influence the co-evolution of norms on fishing in the waters surrounding the archipelago?
Section 2 (40%)
Respond to two (2) of the tasks below:
- Give an account of Norway’s core-area (or core-function) initiative in NATO. How can geopolitical and governance theories help to explain this initiative?
- Give an account of the Arctic Council’s institutional structure. In what ways has this institution influenced international regulation of environmental toxics?
- What, according to the Copenhagen School of security studies, is the difference between politicization and securitization? What factors, according to the same scholarly tradition, can explain variation in success among attempts to securitize an issue?