Norway and the High North: Foreign Policy Strategies since the Cold War
Journal: Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo)
Year: 2017

The High North is the number one priority in Norwegian foreign politics.The country's High North strategies have traditionally centred on its relationship with other states in the Barents Sea area, Russia in particular.During the Cold War, security interests dominated, while after the dissolution of the Soviet Union institutionalized cooperation with Russia became the hallmark of Norwegian High North politics, bilaterally and multilaterally through the Barents Euro-Arctic Region (BEAR) initiativ