andreas.osthagen@thearcticinstitute.org
Oslo, Norway
Norwegian, Swedish, Danish
Andreas Østhagen, PhD, is a Senior Fellow at The Arctic Institute. Andreas’ primary affiliation is as a Senior Researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo, Norway (ao@fni.no) – Norway’s leading research institute on Arctic international affairs. He is further an affiliated fellow at the High North Center at Nord University Business School and teaches “Arctic Security and Geopolitics” at Oslo New University College.
From Bodø, North Norway, Andreas is concerned with Arctic-related issues linked to security and geopolitics. Currently, his work focuses on maritime disputes and resource management in the north and beyond, under the larger framework of international relations and Arctic geopolitics. In addition, he has worked on questions concerning security, legal frameworks, and natural resource development across Arctic states and regions.
Andreas is the author of Ocean Geopolitics (Edward Elgar, 2022) and Coast Guards and Ocean Politics in the Arctic (Palgrave, 2020) and has published a number of articles, reports and op-eds, including in Ocean Development and International Law, Defense Studies, Journal of Military and Strategic Studies, Marine Policy, and Arctic Review on Law and Politics.
Andreas has previously worked for the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS) in Oslo (2014-2017), and the North Norway European Office in Brussels (2010-2014). He has also had shorter work-stints at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington DC (2011), the Walter & Duncan Gordon Foundation in Toronto, Canada (2013), and the Bren School of Environmental Science at University of California Santa Barbara (2019). Andreas is also a Fulbright Fellow (2021-2022) at both Harvard University’s Arctic Initiative at the Belfer Center, and at the Polar Institute at the Wilson Center.
Andreas holds a PhD in international relations from the University of British Columbia (UBC), focused on ocean politics and disputes. He also holds a Master of Science (MSc) from the London School of Economics in European and international affairs, and a Bachelor’s degree in political economy from the University of Bergen (UiB) and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).
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December 10, 2024
Norway has been silent on several geopolitical aspects in its latest Svalbard white paper. This silence has consequences.
June 25, 2024
In analyses of the security situation in the Arctic, several things are bundled together. A little tidying up of could be useful.
June 1, 2023
For Norway, Arctic security consists of different threats in the short-to-long run, all of which have become accentuated in recent months.
October 20, 2022
There are at least three different levels of US' Arctic security policy, which must be unpacked as the US is gearing up its Arctic engagement.
July 5, 2022
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, Norway’s proximity to Russia is cause for security concerns along three strands.
February 25, 2022
Governing the Blue Economy in Alaska and North Norway is the first report published by the AlaskaNor project.
January 18, 2022
In this month’s TAI Bookshelf Podcast, we hear from The Arctic Institute’s staff members to celebrate the Institute's tenth anniversary.
January 12, 2022
Many speculate that future Arctic conflict will stem from oil and gas; but analysis shows that potential for conflict lies in fisheries.
June 3, 2021