Sammendrag
While Norway claims coastal state jurisdiction and exclusive rights to the
natural resources in the maritime zones adjacent to the Svalbard archi-
pelago, other states have presented reservations and/or objections
against the Norwegian claim through diplomatic correspondence. With
this hitherto largely undisclosed diplomatic correspondence as a point of
departure, this study addresses the dynamics of foreign policies toward
this contested Arctic area. It explores the origins of foreign policies and
policy change, and finds that new policies toward the area over the last
decades have emerged in distinct epochs. Recurrently, new policies have
followed changes in Norwegian legislation and enforcement practice or
followed diplomatic efforts by Norway to muster international support.
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