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Oceans

Oceans cover 71% of the world’s surface. The politics and regimes of these vast global oceans are of pressing importance to Norway, which manages ocean areas six times the size its land mass.

This, combined with the fact that Norway also has one of the largest commercial shipping fleets in the world, gives Norway an outsized interest in oceanic politics at a truly global level. NUPI’s researchers have expertise in the global governance of oceans (cooperation, diplomacy), national ocean-related policymaking (Norway, Russia, China, Japan, to name a few) and the security politics of maritime space.

Want to know more about NUPI's research on oceans? Visit our Centre for Ocean Governance.

News about oceans

Navigating High-Profile and Low Availability: Norway and the Emerging US Maritime-Strategic Approach
26 Jan 2022
- Amund Nørstrud Lundesgaard
RecommendationsStrengthen the Norwegian defence and naval budgets.Continue and increase European defence integration and cooperation efforts such as Joint Expeditionary Force.European operational planning should reflect the likelihood of limited US naval assistance in the...

Defence NATO Europe North America Hav
Reduced influence in the Arctic?
4 Nov 2021
- - Ane Teksum Isbrekken
In the Arctic Council, eight states work on, among several other pressing issues, the alarming impacts of global climate change. But who gets a say? Research Professor Elana Wilson Rowe investigates this in a new article.

The Arctic Hav Climate North America Diplomacy Utenrikspolitikk Russia and Eurasia Norden Europe Styring
Transnational Ecosystems Cooperation is Taking off
19 Aug 2021
- - Paul Beaumont
Do these efforts to govern border-crossing ecosystems have unique effects that matter for global politics more generally?

The Arctic Styring South and Central America Diplomacy Utenrikspolitikk Climate Russia and Eurasia Hav International organizations