Willy Østreng - Curriculum Vitae og oversikt over utgivelser:

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                                                             for                                   Willy Østreng

 

Born:               May 4, 1941

 

Residence:      Lofthusveien 6B, 0587 Oslo 5, Norway

                         Email: will-oe@online.no  

                         Phone: (047) 90 79 58 94,

 

Married to:     Sonja Cottis Østreng, born November 26, 1943, Cheltenham, England

 

Children:         Cecilie Cottis Østreng and Elisabeth Østreng both born October 28, 1967, Oslo, Norway

 

Work place:    Østreng Consulting, Lofthusveien 6B, 0587 Oslo, Norway.

                         Cell phone: + (047)-90 79 58 94, Email: will-oe@online.no.  

     

Education: 

• "Candidatus Rerum Politicarum" (cand.polit.), University of Oslo in history, sociology and political science (International Affairs), 1971,

• Sagene Teacher Training College, Oslo, Norway, 1965, 

• Military Academy for the Artillery (Befalskolen for feltartilleriet), Haslemoen, Norway, 1961.

 

Student Commissions of Trust:

• Chairman, Student Society, Sagene Teaching Training College, 1962-63

• Deputy Chairman, National Association of Norwegian Teacher Training College Students, 1963-64.

 

Languages: 

• English, fluently spoken and written, 

• German, good reading ability, 

• French, restricted reading ability

 

 

Fields of scientific and professional interest:

Polar Politics (Arctic and Antarctic), Ocean Law and Politics, Ocean Resource Management, Security Policy, Naval Strategy, International Regimes and Governance, and Inter- and multidisciplinary research, theory and methodology.

 

Job experience:

• Director/Owner, Østreng Consulting, Research and consulting firm on ocean, security and polar affairs, 2008-present,

• Scientific Director, Centre for Advanced Study, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2003-2009,

• Executive Director, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Norway, 1978-2003,

• Editor-in-Chief, Impressions, Newsletter, Centre for Advanced Study, 2003-2009,

• Visiting Professor (Northern Momentum Scholar), Department of Political Science and Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fall 2001,

• Senior Visiting Scholar, Center for the Study of Law and Society, and Department of Political Science, University of California, Berkeley, 2000-2001,

• Special Advisor, Planning and Evaluation Staff, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1999-2000,

• Visiting Professor, Complutense University, Madrid, under the Spanish/Norwegian Cultural Agreement, February 1997,

• Adjunct Professor (Professor II), Department of Sociology and Political Science,      Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, 1994-2004,

• Lecturer, Norwegian National Defense College (Forsvarets Høgskole), 1988–2000,

• Visiting Research Fellow, Center of International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, USA, 1987,

• Political Commentator, Norwegian and Foreign broadcasting companies (TV and radio) and in multiple Norwegian and Foreign Dailies and Weeklies. Among others: NRK, TV-2, Swedish TV, TV-Norway, Deutsche Welle (DW), Finnish TV, BBC, New York Times, Washington Post, 1975-present,

• Lecturer, Diplomatic Candidates Course, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1975-92,

• Supervisor, graduate and undergraduate level at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1975‑82,

• Lecturer, graduate and undergraduate level at the Department of Political Science, University of Oslo, 1975‑82,

• Visiting Research Fellow, Center for International Affairs and Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University, 1974,

• Lecturer, Political Science, University College of Møre and Romsdal, 1972‑74,

• Research Associate, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 1971‑78,

• Teacher, Møllergata Junior High School (Møllergata ungdomsskole), 1969,

• Teacher, Grefsen Elementary School (Grefsen barneskole), 1966‑67,

• Officer, Norwegian Army, Haslemoen and Bardufoss Garrisons, 1961-1962. 

Scholarships/stipends:

• Northern Momentum Visiting Scholarship, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2001,

• American Scandinavian Foundation Award, New York, 2001,

• Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council, 2000,

• Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translators Association (Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening) 1993 (travel stipend), 1997 (travel stipend), 2000 (travel stipend) and 2016 (travel stipend), 2018 (project stipend).

• Scholarship from Bergen Bank, 1987.

• Scholarship from the Norwegian Marshall Fund, 1987,

• NORAM Scholarship, The Norway-America Association, 1987

• Research Scholarship from the Norwegian Fishery Research Council, 1987,

• The US International Communication Agency's Scholarship, USA, 1979,

• Travel scholarship from the Norwegian Agency for Arms Control and Disarmament, Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1974

• Governmental Scholarships, 1968‑71,

• Various University Scholarships, University of Oslo, 1968‑71

 

Professional memberships:

• Member, Norwegian Non-Fiction Writers and Translation Association (Norsk Faglitterær Forfatter- og Oversetterforening), 2015-present

• Elected Full Member, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research (Norges Vitenskapsakademi for Polarforskning), 2008-present,

• Elected Full Member, Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (Det Konglige Norske Videnskabers Selskab) in Trondheim, 2002-present,

• (Academician), International Academy of Regional Development and Cooperation, Russia, 1997-2014

 

Professional Awards:

• American-Scandinavian Foundation Visiting Lecturer Award, 2001,

• Runner-up Sea Trade Award 1995 for Innovation awarded to The International     Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP) initiated and headed by Willy Østreng

• William Nygaards Endowment Award 1994 for Internasjonal politikk (Textbook in International Politics), Aschehoug Forlag, Oslo 1994, Fifth edition,

• Den Norwegian Atlantic Committee marks the 50th birthday of Willy Østreng by publishing his article:“Den nordlige sjørute:En ny æra i sovjetisk politikk?” Det sikkerhetspolitiske bibliotek, nr. 9/1991.

• Festschrift to Willy Østreng: Challenges of a Changing World, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Lysaker, 1991, 301 pages.

• Commendation, by the State of Alaska, 1990,

 

 

 

Official decorations:

• The Kings Medal of Merit (Kongens Fortjeneste meddalje), 2022

• Commander of the Lion Order of Finland (Kommandør av Finlands Leijons Orden), 1994.

 

Scientific commissions of trust:

• Co-Head, Interdisciplinary Summer school of Phd and post-Phd-students: on: “The Arctic Ocean and the Marginal Ice Zone (MIZ). Interdisciplinary research, management practices and policy developments,” Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 30 july-6 August, 2017, (Co-Heads Lasse Pettersson, NERSC and Jorge Kristiansen, NVP)

• Scientific Advisor/Member, Scientific Board of the Finnish research project: Demilitarization in an increasingly militarized world. International perspectives in a multilevel regulatory framework – the case of the Åland islands, organized by the Åland Islands Peace Institute, Mariehamn, and the Arctic Centre of the University of Lappland, Rovaniemi, Finland, 2016- present,

• President, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, Longyearbyen Svalbard, September 2012-October 2015,

• Co-Head, Interdisciplinary Summer School of Phd and Post-Phd-student on, “Arctic Ocean Governance as a Functional Challenge”, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 2-9 August,  2015 (Co-Heads, Lasse Pettersson, NERSC and Ole Arve Misund, UNIS)

• Member, International Advisory Board, Arctic Circle, Akureyri, Iceland, 2014-2017,

• Guest speaker/Affiliated Professor at the Inauguration week of the “Arctic policy-program” of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, 12-18 April, 2014, 

• Theme Editor (Arctic policies, Arctic governance and UNCLOS III) of the ARCTIS database (Arctic Resources and Transportation Information System database), Center of High North Logistics,

• Co-Head, Interdisciplinary Summer School of Phd and Post-Phd-students  on “Shipping in Arctic Waters. The interaction of sea ice, ship technology, climate change and other operational conditions,” Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 18-26 August, 2013 (Co-Head Lasse Pettersson, NERSC and Ole Arve Misund, UNIS),

• Member, Advisory Council, EU-Arctic Foundation, Brussels, February 2013-2018

• Member, Expert Evaluation Committee to select Professor of Arctic Policy, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland, fall 2012,

• Co-Head, Interdisciplinary Summer school of Phd and post Phd  students on: “Impact of Climate Change– on resources, maritime transport and geopolitics in the Arctic and Svalbard area”, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, Longyearbyen, Svalbard, 21-28 August, 2011 (Co-Head: Ola M. Johannessen, NERSC).

• Member, International Scientific Panel, MISTRA - The Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, 2010,

• Vice President, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, Longyearbyen (Svalbard), 2008-2012,

• Writer of Feature Articles on northern affairs to ‘Fiskarbladet Fiskaren’ –  Norwegian daily for the fishing industry and coastal areas, 2008-2012,

• Member, Nominating Committee of the Thor Heyerdahl Professorship, University of the Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, Spring 2008,

• Member, Steering Committee, Northern Research Forum, Akureyri, Iceland, 2007-2016,

• Affiliated faculty, Department of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks, 2004-2028,

• Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Research Institute Ocean Futures, Norway, 2004-2010,

• Expert Member, Government Commission appointed by the Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to produce Official White paper on Arctic Affairs, 2003 (March-December),

• Doctoral Supervisor, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, England, 2002-2004,

• Member, International Council of the Law of the Sea Institute, University of California, Berkeley, 2002-present,

• Member, Delegation of Officials of their Majesties King Harald and Queen Sonja’s first State Visit to Canada, 6 May – 11 May, 2002,

• Deputy Chairman, Board of Directors, The Thor Heyerdahl Institute, Larvik, Norway, 2018-present. Board member  2002-2018,

• Member, Council of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 1999-2001,

• General Chairman, FNI Conference: Order for the Ocean at the Turn of the Century, Oslo, 7-11 August 1998,

• Member, Scenario Project: Norway 2030, Norwegian Ministry of Labor and Administration, 1999-2000

• Member, Executive Board of the Norwegian Deep-Sea Bed Mining Industry Group,         1997-1999,

• Member, Delegation of Officials of their Majesties King Harald V and Queen Sonja’s first State Visit to China, October 23 -  November 1, 1997,

• Member, International Advisory Board and Steering Committee of the UNDP/EDC      'Barents Sea Sustainable Development Project', 1996-98,

• Member, Norwegian Reference Group to the European Networking Conference on   Research in the North, The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1995,

• Member, Working Committee for stronger Integration of Foreign Policy Institutes in the Oslo-Region, appointed by the Norwegian Research Council, 1994,   

• Program host and Speaker, State Visit of President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland to Norway, 11. October 1994,

• Member, Board of Advisors, International Institute of Contemporary Geopolitics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Dehli, India, 1993-present, 

• Member, Council of Center for International Climate and Energy Research (CICERO), University of Oslo, 1992-1997

• Member, Executive Committee, Environment Northern Seas Foundation, Stavanger, Norway, 1992-94,

• Chairman, International Editorial Board of Green Globe Yearbook published by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Oxford University Press, 1992 – 2003,

• Member, Working Group for the “Development of a Comprehensive Program to Expand and Strengthen Norway`s Relations with the Soviet Union and the Central and East‑European Countries”, Norwegian Foreign Ministry, 1991,

• Member, Council of Norway`s Hydrotechnical Laboratory (Norges  hydrotekniske laboratorium, NHL), 1991‑95,

• Member, Norwegian Research Council for Applied Social Sciences (Norges Råd for Anvendt Samfunnsforskning, NORAS), 1991‑93,

• Member, International Advisory Committee, Third Northern Regions Conference, Alaska`s Governor Office, 1990,

• Member and Speaker, Delegation of the Norwegian Foreign Minister Kjell Magne Bondevik’s official visit to the USA and participation in Northern Region Conference, organized by The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C, October 23, 1990,

• General Chairman, International Conference "The Antarctic Treaty System in World Politics", in Oslo, 21‑23 May, 1990,

• Member, International Editorial Advisory Group of Studies in Arctic Affairs, the University Press of New England, 1990‑1997,

• Head, International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP), Multidiciplinary and multinational research program organized jointly between Japan, Russia and Norway, 1993-99, 

• General Chairman, International Symposium: "The Management of International Resources: Scientific Input and the Role of Scientific Cooperation", in Oslo, 10‑11 October 1988,

• External opponent, doctoral evaluations/examinations at the University of New Hampshire (Political science) USA, 1987, University of Uppsala (Political science) Sweden 1989,  University of Oslo (Geography) 1990,

• Member, Executive Board, International Council for the Foundation of International Security, 1986-1991,

• Member, Working Group on Arctic International Relations, Dartmouth College, USA, 1987‑1991,

• Member, Editorial Board of the US journal: Ocean Development and International     Law, 1988‑present,

• Member, International Advisory Council of the Foundation for International Security, UK, 1987‑92,

• Expert Witness, Tromsø City Court on the espionage case raised against the Norwegian author Kjell Fjørtoft on his book “ The Spyfamily” (Spionfamilien), 1996-97,

• Expert Witness to the Norwegian Supreme Court in the Treholt espionage case, 1984‑86,

• Deputy Member, Board of the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 1990‑95,

• Member, Council of the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, 1985‑97,

• General Chairman, “17th Annual Law of the Sea Institute Conference” in Oslo, 13‑16 July 1983, co‑sponsored by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute,

• Member, Executive Board, The Law of the Sea Institute, Richardson School of Law, University of Hawaii, USA, 1983‑89. From 1987, Member also of the Executive and Planning Committee of the Board,

• Member, International Consultative Committee of Dalhousie Ocean Studies Program (DOSP), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 1982‑86,

• Member, International Steering Committee for the establishment of a North Sea Forum, (The Netherlands), 1981‑84,

• Consultant and Program maker, Educational Department of the Norwegian Radio Broadcasting (NRK) in the program series on International Politics for Social Science Education of High School pupils, 1977‑91.

 

Commercial Commissions of Trust:

• Member, Board of Directors, Flying Elephant, consolidated group (Concern) of four sister companies: First Hotels, Tribe Hotels, Host Property and HUS Development 2011-2017

• Member, Board of Directors, Host Property, 2009-2011,

• Member, Board of Directors, First Hotels, 2008-2011,

• Chairman, Board of Directors, World Port Kirkenes Group Ltd, 2002-2003,

 

Lectured (in 24 countries on 4 continents) at:

Harvard University (USA), University of California Berkeley (USA), University of Complutente (Madrid, Spain), University of Lund (Sweden), University of Tromsø (Norway), University of Oslo (Norway), The Armed Forces Defense College (Norway), Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway), University of Hawaii (USA), University of Washington (USA), University of Michigan (USA), University of Alaska Anchorage (USA), University of Alaska Fairbanks, Peace Research Institute Oslo (Norway), University of Houston (USA), University of Columbia (USA), University of Tasmania (Australia), Polish Academy of Science and Letters (Poland), Krakow Technical University (Poland), The Royal Geographical Society (England), University of Rode Island (USA), Alaska World Affairs Council (USA), International Studies Association (USA), San Francisco World Affairs Council (USA), Center for Strategic and International Studies (USA), Nordic Cooperative Committee for International Politics (Sweden), Nordic House, Reykjavik, Norwegian Research Council, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (Norway), The True North Strong and Free Inquiry Society (Canada), Norwegian/Russian Trade Chamber (Norway), Marine Technology Society (USA), Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (Norway), Norwegian Committee on Armament Control and Disarmament (Norway), Arktisk forening (Tromsø), The Center for Strategic and International Studies (Washington D.C), Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, University of Virginia (USA), The Finnish Pugwash Committee (Finland), Ukraine Institute of International Studies (Ukraine), American-Scandinavian Foundation (USA), University Center at Svalbard (UNIS), UNEP-GRID/Arendal (Norway), Oslo Military Society (Norway),  Alaska Pacific University (USA), Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge (England), Norwegian Academy of Technical Sciences (Norway), Suez Canal Authority (Egypt), Bodø University College, Tromsø University College, The Storting (National Assembly of Norway), University of Umeå (Sweden), Arctic Council, Ullstein Group, Norway (Industrial group), Norwegian Petroleum Society, Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research, Northern Research Forum (Iceland), Ocean Futures (Norway), University of Alberta (Canada), The EU Parliament (Belgium), University of Nordland (Norway), Northern Arctic Federal University, Arkhangelsk (Russia), Center for North European and Baltic Studies, MGIMO University, Moscow (Russia), Pacific Lutheran University (Tacoma, USA), Norwegian-American Council of Commerce (Seattle, USA),  Naval Forum (Sjømilitært Forum) (Oslo), Norwegian Barents Secretariat (Kirkenes, Norway), Contact Committee, Norwegian Intelligence Services (Oslo), Nansen Centre for Environmental and Remote Sensing, St. Petersburg (Russia), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (Washington D.C.), The Kon-Tiki Museum (Oslo, Norway), The Nordic Heritage Museum (Seattle, USA), Arctic Frontier (Tromsø, Norway), Åland Island Peace Institute (Mariehavn, Finland), Litteraturhuset i Oslo (UiTs juleseminar) )

 

Peer Review Consultant:

• Ocean Development and International Law (American journal),

• International Studies Quarterly (American Journal),

• Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research. An Interdisciplinary Journal (American Journal)

• Norwegian University Press (Academic Publisher),

• Gyldendal Norsk Forlag (Norwegian Publisher),

• Abstrakt Forlag (Norwegian Academic Publisher),

• Norwegian Research Council (Norway, Oslo),

• MISTRA  (Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research, Stockholm),

• Arctic Yearbook, (University of the Arctic and Northern Research Forum),

• Advances in Polar Science, (China Polar Institute Journal, Shanghai)

• Scandia. Tidsskrift for historisk forskning (Swedish Journal),

• Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program (Washington D.C.,USA)

• Polar Record, (British Journal, Cambridge University Press)

• Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies (Finnish journal)

 

Leisure Time Activities:

      Memberships:

• Elected Member, Majorstuen Rotary Club, 2008-present,

• Elected Member, Norway Club (Det Norske Selskab), 2002-present,

• Elected Member, Oslo Military Society (Oslo Militære Samfunn), 1985-89,

       

Sport Activities/Qualifications:

• Swimming Instructor-Diploma, Norwegian Swimming Association, 1964-,

• Soccer Referee-Diploma, Oslo Football District Association, 1963-,

• Ski Instructor-Diploma, Children’s Ski Association, Norway, 1963-,         

• Chairman, Board of the Handball Club of Ringvind, 1963-65, member 1961-present

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

(A total of 232 publications out of which 78 marked * are peer reviewed)

 

Books and comprehensive reports

(36 publications out of which 26 marked * are peer reviewed):

 

*Willy Østreng: Det Geopolitiske Polhavet. Samtidsutfordringer i historisk belysning (The Geopolitical Arctic Ocean. Challenges of the present explained in the light of history), Opplandske bokforlag, Son, Norway, January 2025.The work comprises 1400 pages published in two integrated volumes, each on approximately 700 pages.

 

*Willy Østreng (lead author): Shipping in Arctic Waters. A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Transpolar Passages, Springer Verlag and Praxis Publishing, Heidelberg, Berlin, Chichester (UK), New York, 2013, 441 pages including an Erratum containing 20 appendices, 60 illustrations. Also available as eBook: springer.com/eBooks. (Co-authors: Karl Magnus Eger, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl, Brit Fløistad, Lars Lothe, Morten Mejlænder-Larsen and Tor Wergeland).

 

*Willy Østreng (Guest editor): Mercator, Special Issue: Shipping in Arctic Waters (Danish maritime journal), September, 2011, Maritime Development Center Europe, Copenhagen, ISSN: 1902-164x (Co-Guest editor: Tor Wergeland),

 

*Willy Østreng: Science without Boundaries. Interdisciplinarity in Research, Society, and Politics, University Press of America, Lanham, Boulder, New York, Toronto, Plymouth (UK), 2010, 311 pages. Also available in electronic form,

 

*Willy Østreng (ed): Transference. Interdisciplinary Communications 2008/2009, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, December 2009, Online publication: http://www.cas.uio.no/publications. 

 

*Willy Østreng (ed): Confluence. Interdisciplinary Communications 2007/2008, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2009, 136 pages

 

*Willy Østreng (ed): Complexity. Interdisciplinary Communications 2006/2007, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2008, 142 pages

 

* Willy Østreng (ed): Consilience. Interdisciplinary Communications 2005/2006, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2007, 144 pages

Willy Østreng (ed): Convergence. Interdisciplinary Communications 2004/2005, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2005, 178 pages

 

Willy Østreng (ed): Synergies. Interdisciplinary Communication 2003/2004, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2005, 110 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: Fakta om nordområdene (Facts about the Northern Areas), Oslo, Mimeographed, Ocean Futures, 2005, 140 pages (Co-authors: Johan Kvarving Vik, Steven G. Sawhill and Øystein B. Thommessen)

 

* Willy Østreng (ed): The Natural and Societal Challenges of the Northern Sea Route. A Reference Work, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, London, Boston, 1999, 466 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng (ed): Order for the Oceans at the Turn of the Century, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, London, Boston, 1999, 577 pages, (Co-editor: Davor Vidas),

 

* Willy Østreng (ed): National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic- The Case of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1999, 367 pages, Also available in Springer Book Archives as eBook at SpringerLink,

 

Willy Østreng (ed): Research on Environment, Poverty and Conflict. A Proposal, FNI & PRIO, Oslo, FNI & PRIO Report 3/97, 109 pages (Co-editor Dan Smith),

 

Willy Østreng: "Barentsregionen: Norske perspektiver på samarbeid med Russland i nord." (The Barents Region: Norwegian Perspectives on the Cooperation with Russia in the North)  RSN Rapport nr. 2, 1992, 147 pages (co-authors: Olav Schram Stokke, Rune Castberg, Arild Moe and Henning Simonsen),

 

Willy Østreng (ed): The Northern Sea Route Project. The Pilot Study Report, R: 013-1991, Mimeographed, The International Northern Sea Route Project, Lysaker, 1992, 254 pages. (Co-editor: Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl),  

 

* Willy Østreng (ed): The Antarctic Treaty System in World Politics, MacMillan Press, London, 1991, 500 pages. (Co-editor: Arnfinn Jørgensen‑Dahl),

 

*Willy Østreng: Work‑book to the textbook: Internasjonal Politikk (International Politics) Aschehoug Forlag, Oslo, 1989, 6 editions. 88 pages. (co-author Helge Ole Bergesen),

 

* Willy Østreng (ed): International Resource Management: The Role of Science and politics, Belhaven Press, London, New York, 1989, 301 pages. (Co-editor Steinar Andresen),

*Willy Østreng: Nettverk  .(Network) Textbook in Social and Political Studies for High Schools, Aschehoug Forlag,Oslo 1988, 219 pages. Third edition 1989. (Co-authors: Helge Ole Bergesen and Erik Sølvberg),

 

*Willy Østreng: Soviet Oil and Security Interests in the Barents Sea, Frances Pinter Publishers, London, 1987, 170 pages (Coauthors: Helge Ole Bergesen and Arild Moe),

 

Willy Østreng (ed.): Internasjonal Politikk. (International Politics).  High School Textbook, Norwegian Broadcasting, NRK, Oslo 1977/78, 72 pages. Second edition 1980,

 

Willy Østreng (ed.): "New Territories in International Politics" Special Issue of the Norwegian Periodical: Internasjonal Politikk, Oslo, No. 3B, 1973, 170 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: Internasjonal Politikk.  (International Politics).  Textbook, Aschehoug Forlag, Oslo 1985, 216 pages. Nineth edition, 2005. (Co-author Helge Ole Bergesen)

 

*Willy Østreng: Fiendskap og samarbeid: Internasjonal politikk i forandring, (Hostility and Cooperation: International Politics in Change), Aschehoug Forlag, Oslo 1991, 225 pages. (Coauthor: Helge Ole Bergesen).

 

*Willy Østreng: Internationell Politik (International Politics), Gleerups Forlag, Malmø, Sweden, 1997. 152 pages (coauthors: Helge Ole Bergesen and Magnus Hermansson).

 

*Willy Østreng: Internationella relationer i en ny tid (International Relations in New Times)  Gleerup Forlag, 2008, Malmø, Sweden, Second edition 2008 (Coauthors Wilhelm Agrell and Helge Ole Bergesen),

 

Willy Østreng: Utlandet i norsk havforvaltning. En studie av utenlandske interessers representasjon i norsk havforvaltnings‑politikk. (Foreign Countries in Norwegian Ocean Management.  A Study of the Representation of Foreign Interests in Norwegian Ocean Management). Mimeographed, FNI Publication Series, Lysaker 1983, 145 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: Forvaltningen av norske havområder.  Integrasjon  av ulike interesser. (The Management of Norwegian Waters.  Integration of different Interests).  FNI‑book, Lysaker 1985, 174 pages. (Coauthors:  Steinar Andresen, Brit Fløistad and Arild Underdal),

 

* Willy Østreng: The Soviet Union in Northern Waters. Security  Implications for the Northern Flank of NATO.  Law of the Sea Institute, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 1987, 80 pages.  The book is a translation and extension of the book:  Sovjet i nordlige farvann.  Atomstrategien, Nordflåten og norsk sikkerhet,

 

* Willy Østreng: Sovjet i nordlige farvann.  Atomstrategien, Nordflåten og norsk sikkerhet. (The Soviet Union in Northern Waters. Nuclear Strategy, the Northern Fleet and Norwegian Security). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1982, 130 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: Polhavet i internasjonal politikk. (The Arctic Ocean in International Politics).  Mimeographed, FNI Publication Series, Lysaker 1979, 461 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: De skandinaviske land i Arktis.  Forutsetninger og muligheter for samarbeid. (Scandinavian Countries in the Arctic. Preconditions and Possibilities for Cooperation). Mimeographed, FNI Publication Series, Lysaker 1973, 100 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: Politics in High Latitudes.  The Svalbard Archipelago.  London and Montreal, 1977‑78, Christopher Hurst, London and McGill University Press, Toronto 134 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: Det politiske Svalbard. (The Political Svalbard). Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo 1975, 150 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: Økonomi og politisk suverenitet. Interessespillet om Svalbards politiske status. (Economy and Political Sovereignty.  The Interest play concerning the Political Status of Svalbard). Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1974, 142 pages,

 

*Willy Østreng (Co-Editor, Internasjonal Politikk, Journal of the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI): New Territories in International Politics, No. 3B, Supplement, 1973, 172 pages.

 

 

 

 

Professional book chapters,  papers and  articles

(116 publications out of which 51 marked * are peer reviewed):

 

*Willy Østreng: “Part 7: The Past and Present in Shaping the Future of the Northern Sea Route and the Northeast Passage,” which include:

Introduction to Part 7,

Chapter 29: Permanent Drivers Affecting the Use of the Northern Sea Route/Northeast Passage

Chapter 30: Changeable Drivers Affecting the Use of the Northern Sea Route/Northeast Passage

Chapter 31: Permanent Impediments Affecting the Use of the Northern Sea Route/Northeast Passage

Chapter 32: Changeable Impediments Affecting the Use of the Northern Sea Route/Northeast Passage

Chapter 33: A Scenario Discussion of Subjective Predictions

Chapter 34: The Long-Term Future of the Northern Sea Route: A Fresh Prediction, altogether 41 double-spaced pages in an A4-format, in Jens Petter Nielsen and Edwin Okhuizen (eds): From the Northeast Passage to Northern Sea Route. A History of the Waterway North of Eurasia, Brill, Leiden, Boston

 

*Willy Østreng: “Change will be the constant – future environmental policy and governance challenges in Svalbard” in Polar Geography, vol. 42, issue 3, 2019, (Co-authors: Bjørn P. Kaltenborn (lead author) and Grete K. Hovelsrud, 24 pages

 

*Willy Østreng: “The Narrative of a Race for Arctic Shelf Resources and the Russian Federation” in Myklebost, Kari.A, and Stian Bones (eds.): In the North, the East and the West Meet. Festschrift for Jens Petter Nielsen, Orkana Akademisk, Stamsund, 2019, pp.133-149., 17 pages

 

*Willy Østreng: “Small States in the Decision-Making Process of UNCLOS III,” in Scheiber, Harry, Nilufer Oral and Moon-Sang Kwon (eds.), Ocean Law Debates: The 50-Year Legacy and Emerging Issues for the Years Ahead, Brill, Nijhoff, Leiden, Boston, spring 2018, pp. 216-266, 50 pages.

 

*Willy Østreng: “The Arctic Council and the ‘One Arctic.’ A historic stocktaking of some circumpolar challenges, dilemmas and inconsistencies” in P. Whitney Lackenbauer, Heather Nicol and Wilfred Greaves (eds.), The Arctic Council and Circumpolar Governance: One Arctic, Centre on Foreign Policy and Federation,  St. Jerome’s University, Waterloo and Canadian Arctic Resources Committee Ottawa, 2017, Chapter 10, pp. 191-205, .

 

*Willy Østreng: “The Formation of Extended Security and Climate Change in the Arctic from  1987-2010” in Lassie Heininen and Heather Nicol (eds): Climate Change and Human Security from a Northern Point of View, Centre on Foreign Policy and Federation, St. Jerome’s University in the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, E-book: www.sju.ca/cfpf/publications - open access, 2016, Chapter 7, pp. 99-115, 16 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: ”Arctic Policies of Nordic States: The Politics of Geographical Definitions”, Polar Initiative Policy Brief Series: Arctic 2014: Who Gets A Voice and Why It Matters, Woodrow Wilson Center, Washington D.C, USA, September 2014, 4 pages. Online publication: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/event/arctic-2014-who-gets-voice-and-why-it-matters.

 

Willy Østreng: “The Conception of a Race for Arctic Shelf Resources”, in Mark Nuttall and Anita Dey Nuttall (eds.): Arctic Geopolitics and Resource Futures, Thule Institute, University of Oulu, Finland and Canadian Circumpolar Institute, University of Albert, Canada, 2014, pp. 36-57, 21 pages..

 

*Willy Østreng: “Thor Heyerdahl’s Science Vision and Practice in Critical Light” in Ingjerd Hoem (ed): Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki in New Light, Thor Heyerdahl Institute/Kon Tiki Museum, Oslo, October 2014, pp.71-94, 23 pages. Also published as The Kon-Kiki Museum Occational Papers, vol. 14, 2014.

 

*Willy Østreng: “An Operational View of Arctic Waters” in Willy Østreng, Karl Magnus Eger, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl, Brit Fløistad, Lars Lothe, Morten Mejlænder-Larsen and Tor Wergeland: Shipping in Arctic Waters. A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Transpolar Passages, Springer Verlag and Praxis Publishing, Heidelberg, Berlin, Chichester (UK), New York, July, 2013, pp. 22-33, 12 pages.

 

*Willy Østreng: “The Transportation Passages of the Arctic Ocean and Connecting Corridors in Southern Waters” in Willy Østreng, Karl Magnus Eger, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl, Brit Fløistad, Lars Lothe, Morten Mejlænder-Larsen and Tor Wergeland: Shipping in Arctic Waters. A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Transpolar Passages, Springer Verlag and Praxis Publishing, Heidelberg, Berlin, Chichester (UK), New York, July, 2013,  pp. 34-74, 42 pages.

 

*Willy Østreng: “Geopolitics and Power Constellations in the Arctic” in Willy Østreng, Karl Magnus Eger, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl, Brit Fløistad, Lars Lothe, Morten Mejlænder-Larsen and Tor Wergeland: Shipping in Arctic Waters. A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Transpolar Passages, Springer Verlag and Praxis Publishing, Heidelberg, Berlin, Chichester (UK), New York, July, 2013,  pp. 75-117, 43 pages.

 

*Willy Østreng: “Ocean Law, Coastal Waters, Jurisdictional Controversies – Indigenous Peoples Rights” in Willy Østreng, Karl Magnus Eger, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl, Brit Fløistad, Lars Lothe, Morten Mejlænder-Larsen and Tor Wergeland: Shipping in Arctic Waters. A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Transpolar Passages, Springer Verlag and Praxis Publishing, Heidelberg, Berlin, Chichester (UK), New York, July, 2013,  pp.241-288. 48 pages, (Coauthors Brit Fløistad (lead author) and Lars Lothe).

 

*Willy Østreng : “The Northeast, Northwest and Transpolar Passages in Comparison” in Willy Østreng, Karl Magnus Eger, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl, Brit Fløistad, Lars Lothe, Morten Mejlænder-Larsen and Tor Wergeland: Shipping in Arctic Waters. A Comparison of the Northeast, Northwest and Transpolar Passages, Springer Verlag and Praxis Publishing, Heidelberg, Berlin, Chichester (UK), New York, July, 2013,  pp.299-354, 56 pages, (Coauthors: Karl Magnus Eger, Brit Fløistad, Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl, Lars Lothe, Morten Mejlænder-Larsen, Tor Wergeland).

 

*Willy Østreng: “Shipping and Resources in the Arctic Ocean: A Hemispheric Perspective”, in Arctic Yearbook 2012, The Northern Research Forum and The University of the Arctic, Iceland, 26 November, Rovaniemi, 2012, pp. 239-271, 33 pages, also an online publication: http://www.arcticyearbook.com, 

 

Willy Østreng: “Recent Trends in Arctic Geopolitics Affecting the Opportunities for Issue-Area Cohabitation and Cross-Border Collaboration”, in Wråkberg, Urban (ed): Futures of Northern Cross-Border Collaboration, University of Tromsø, Norway, 2013, pp. 17-29, 12 pages. Online publication: http://munin.uit.no/handle/10037/482.

 

Willy Østreng: “The international Northern Sea Route Programme: background, content and followers”, in Collection of Reports from Joint Norwegian-Russian seminars devoted to jubilees of Lomonosov and Nansen, Tromsø and Archhangelsk, January and November 2011, Tromsø, 2012, pp. 70-75. The article is also translated into Russian and published in the same report.

 

*Willy Østreng: “Arctic Shipping: Its Waters, Passages and Blue Waters Corridors”, in Mercator, Maritime Development Centre of Europe, Copenhagen, September 2011, pp.388-391,

 

*Willy Østreng: “The Changing Geopolitics of the Arctic”, in Mercator, Maritime Development Centre of Europe, Copenhagen, September 2011, pp.392-395,

 

* Willy Østreng: “Science versus Scholarship or Scholarship as Science?” in Willy Østreng (ed): Confluence. Interdisciplinary Communications 2007/2008, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2009, pp. 11-15

 

Willy Østreng: “Extended Security and Climate Change in the Regional and Global Context: A Historical Account” in Gudrun Rosa Thorsteinsdottir and Embla Eir Oddsdottir (eds): Politics of the Eurasian Arctic. National Interests & International Challenges, Northern Research Forum, Akureyri, 2008, pp.16-30

 

*Willy Østreng: ”Crossing Boundaries by Way of Disciplines” in Willy Østreng (ed): Complexity. Interdisciplinary Communications 2006/2007, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2008, pp. 11-13

 

Willy Østreng: ”Delelinjen i Barentshavet. Planlagt samarbeid versus uforutsett konflikt?” (The Delimitation Line in the Barents Sea. Planned Cooperation versus Unforeseen Conflict?) Perspektiv 04/07, Stortingets utredningsseksjon (Section of research of the Norwegian Parliament), Oslo, November 2007, 30 pages (Co-author: Yngvild Prydz)

 

* Willy Østreng: “Reductionism versus Holism – Contrasting Approaches?” in Willy Østreng (ed): Consilience. Interdisciplinary Communications 2005/2006, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, 2007, pp. 11- 4

 

Willy Østreng: “The Changing Utility Pattern of the High North” in New Era in Far East Russia & Asia, Ocean Policy Research Foundation, Nippon Foundation, Tokyo, February 2006, pp. 9-20

 

*Willy Østreng: “The International Northern Sea Route Programme (INSROP): Applicable lessons learned”, in Polar Record, Cambridge University Press vol. 42, no. 220, January 2006, pp. 71-82

 

Willy Østreng: “Complex System Science and Discipline-Straddling Theories” in Willy Østreng (ed): Convergence. Interdisciplinary Communications 2004/2005, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2005, pp. 12-16

 

Willy Østreng: ”Transport og miljøutfordringer i nordområdene (Transport and Environmental Challenges in the High North), in Horisont. Næringspolitisk tidsskrift, nr. 3/2005, Årgang 6, pp. 80-98

 

Willy Østreng: “The Gribbin-Syndrome and the Entities of Knowledge Integration” in Willy Østreng (ed): Synergies. Interdisciplinary Communication 2003/2004, Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, Oslo, 2005, pp. 9-13

 

* Willy Østreng: “The Arctic in World Affairs. High-level Politics and Low Level Decision-Making” in Karen Erickson (ed): International Perspectives and Arctic Policies, University of Alaska Press, Fairbanks, to be published in 2009, 20 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: “The Changing Mood of Arctic Politics. From Confrontation to Cooperation” in Structural Change in Europe, no. 3: Innovative City and Business Regions, Hagbarth Publications, Bollschweil, Germany, 2004, pp. 69-78,

 

Willy Østreng: “Looking Ahead to the Northern Sea Route” in Scandinavian Review, vol. 90, no. 2, Autumn 2002, pp. 77-85,

 

Willy Østreng: “What do we know about the Northern Sea Route? INSROP’s Theoretical and Applied Research Design: Operational Features”, in Claes Lykke Ragner (ed): The 21th Century – Turning Point for the Northern Sea Route? Proceedings from the Northern Sea Route User Conference, Oslo, 18-20 November 1999, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, February 2000, pp. 39-50, 11 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: “Strategic, Legal and Political Implications of International Shipping on the NSR” in Claes Lykke Ragner (ed): The 21th Century – Turning Point for the Northern Sea Route?, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, February 2000, pp. 75-86, 11 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: “The Way Ahead for the Northern Sea Route: A Possible Strategy,” in Claes Lykke Ragner (ed): The 21th Century – Turning Point for the Northern Sea Route?, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 2000, pp. 241-246, 5 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: “The Northern Sea Route Regime: Exquisite Superpower Subterfuge?”, in Ocean Devlopment and International Law, vol. 30, no. 4, 1999, pp.299 – 331, 32 pages (Co-author: R. Douglas Brubaker),

 

Willy Østreng: “The Post-Cold War Security Puzzle of the Arctic: The Role of the Northern Sea Route”, The Nansen Lecture delivered in Kiev, 8 December 1999 and published in………

 

* Willy Østreng: “The Multiple Realities of the NSR: Geographical Hot and Cool Spots of Navigation”, in Willy Østreng (ed): The Natural and Societal Challenges of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, London, Boston, 1999, pp. 365-426, 61 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: “Military, Political, Legal and Human Affairs”, in Willy Østreng (ed): The Natural and Societal Challenges of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, London, Boston, 1999, pp. 281-364, 83 pages (Co-authors: Anatoly Kolodkin, Douglas Brubaker and Johnny Leo Jernsletten),

 

* Willy Østreng: “The Historical and Geopolitical Context of the Northern Sea Route: Lessons to be Considered”, Chapter 1 in Willy Østreng (ed): The Natural and Societal Challenges of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, London, Boston, 1999, pp. 1-46, 45 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: “The Military Impact on Regime Formation for the Northern Sea Route”, in Davor Vidas and Willy Østreng (eds): Order for the Oceans at the Turn of the Century, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, London, Boston 1999, pp. 261-314, 53 pages (Co-author Douglas Brubaker),

 

Willy Østreng: “Contemporary Trends in Ocean Law and Politics: An Overview”, in Davor Vidas and Willy Østreng (eds): Order for the Oceans at the Turn of the Century, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, London, Boston, 1999, pp. 1-5, 5 pages (Co-author Davor Vidas),

 

* Willy Østreng: "The NSR in the Context of Arctic Environmental Cooperation and National Security: Some Concluding Remarks", in Willy Østreng (ed): National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic - The Case of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1999, pp. 239-266, 27 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: "Danish Security Policy: The Role of the Arctic, the Environment and Arctic Navigation", in Willy Østreng (ed): National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic - The Case of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1999, pp. 205-238, 33 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: "Norwegian Security Policy: The Role of the Arctic, the Environment and the NSR", in Willy Østreng (ed): National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic - The Case of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1999, pp.135-178,

 

* Willy Østreng: "National Security and the Evolving Issues of Arctic Environmental Cooperation", in Willy Østreng (ed): National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic - The Case of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1999, pp.21-52, 31 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: "International Use of the Northern Sea Route: What is the Problem?", in Willy Østreng (ed): National Security and International Environmental Cooperation in the Arctic- The Case of the Northern Sea Route, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Boston, London, 1999, pp. 1-20, 21 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: “The Barents Region: A Lasting Contribution to the Post-Cold War Order?” in

Proceedings International Willem Barentzs Symposium, Maritime Institute Willem Barentzs, Terschelling, The Netherlands, 1998, pp. 63-69, 6 pages,

Willy Østreng: “The Northern Sea Route - Economic Prospects and  Challenges”, in Proceedings from the Third Conference of the Parliamentarians of the Arctic Region, Salekhard, Russia, April 22-24, 1998, pp. 46-57, 11 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: “Norsk Nærområdepolitikk. En begrepsdiskusjon av forholdet mellom politikk på ulike arenaer” (Norwegian Policy in Adjacent Areas. A conceptual discussion of the relationship between politics on different arenas). Utredning om norsk nærområdepolitikk til det norske utenriksdepartementet, FNI, Lysaker, May, 1998, 25 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: “Infrastructure in the European Arctic: Challenges for Norway”. Utredninger om norsk nærområdepolitikk til det norske utenriksdepartementet, FNI, Lysaker, May, 1998, 32 pages (Coauthors: Anne-Kristin Jørgensen and Claes Lykke Ragner), 

 

Willy Østreng: "Introduction: Environment, Poverty and Conflict", in Dan Smith & Willy Østreng (eds): Research on Environment, Poverty and Conflict. A Proposal, FNI & PRIO, Oslo, FNI & PRIO Report 3/97, 1997, 8 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "The Post-Cold War Arctic: Challenges and transition during the 1990s" in Davor Vidas (ed): Arctic Development and Environmental Challenges. Information needs for decision-making and international co-operation, Scandinavian Seminar College, GRID- Arendal and The Fridtjof Nansen Institute, Arendal, 1997, pp.33-50, 17 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Deep Seabed Mining: Technical, Environmental and Economic Challenges - Norwegian Competence and Potential Korea-Norwegian Cooperation", in Jan Magne Markussen & Junk-Keuk Kang (eds): Proceeding of the Korean/Norwegian Workshop on Ocean Mining. Technical and Environmental Challenges, Seoul 2-3 April, 1997 (Co-authors: Jan Magne Markussen, Paal Pettersen and Odd Erik Faråsengen),

 

Willy Østreng: "Environmental Security and the NSR: A Pan-Arctic Challenge?", in Hiromitsu Kitagawa (ed): Northern Sea Route; Future and Perspective. Proceedings of INSROP Symposium 1995, Ship and Ocean Foundation, Tokyo, 1995, pp. 311-321, 10 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Norsk sikkerhet i en usikker verden. En kort og kritisk oppsummering. (Norwegian Security in an Insecure World. A Short and Critical Summary), in Europeiske sikkerhetsspørsmål, Utenriksdepartementet, September 1995, 11 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Norge utenfor fastlands-Norge: Nye utenrikspolitiske rammebetingelser" (Norway Beyond Mainland-Norway: New Foreign Policy Preconditions), Note prepared for the Norwegian Foreign Ministry, March 1995, 16 pages (Coauthors: Henning Simonsen, Olav Schram Stokke, Arild Moe and Davor Vidas),

 

Willy Østreng: "The Legitimacy of ATS Regimes: Introduction", in Olav Schram Stokke & Davor Vidas (eds): Governing Antarctica: The Effectiveness and Legitimacy of the Antarctic Treaty System, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996 (Co-author Davor Vidas),

 

Willy Østreng: "The Effectiveness of ATS Regimes: Introduction", in Olav Schram Stokke & Davor Vidas (eds): Governing Antarctica: The Effectiveness and Legitimacy of the Antarcic Treaty System, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996 (Co-author: Olav Schram Stokke),

 

Willy Østreng: "The Dynamics of the Barents Region" in Olav Schram Stokke and Ola Tunander (eds): The Barents Region. Cooperation in Arctic Europe, London, Thousand Oaks, New Dehli, 1994, pp. 71-85. (Co-authors: Olav Schram Stokke and Rune Castberg),

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Northern Sea Route and the Barents Region" in Olav Schram Stokke  and Ola Tunander (eds): The Barents Region. Cooperation in Arctic Europe, Sage Publications, London, Thousand Oaks, New Dehli, 1994, pp. 159-173, 14 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Military Security - The Stumbling Block of Arctic Navigation?" Mimeographed, FNI, Oslo  1994,

 

Willy Østreng: "Organiseringen av den euro-arktiske Barentsregionen: Formål, funksjon og potensiale" (The Organisation of the Euro-Arctic Barentsregion: Purpose, Funktion and Potentional), in Mennesket og biosfæren i nordområdene, Gyldendal, Oslo,1994, 15 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Sikkerhetssituasjonen i Arktis - noen hovedelementer" (The Security Situation in the North - Some Main Features), in Nordisk Kontakt, no. 2, 1993, pp. 41-47, 6 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "The Barents Region: Concept and Dynamics", RSN Report no. 3, 1992, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute Series, 29 pages (Coauthors Olav Schram Stokke og Rune Castberg).

 

Willy Østreng: "Den Nordlige Sjørute og Barentsregionen" (The Northern Sea Route and the Barents Region), RSN Report, nr. 5, 1992, The Fridtjof Nansen Institute Publication Series, 30 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Die Nordliche Seeroute und das neue Russland. Wirtschaftliche, volkerrechtliche und sicherheitspolitiche Aspekte", Die sicherheitspolitische Bibliothek Nr. 13 - 1992, Das Norwegische Atlantishe Komitee, Oslo, 47 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Regionalt samarbeid i nord: Muligheter, betingelser, tiltak", RSN Rapport nr. 1, 1992, FNI's Publication Series, 43 pages. Coauthors: Olav Schram Stokke, Rune Castberg, Arild Moe and Henning Simonsen,

 

Willy Østreng: "Political, Military and Legal Factors of Actual and Potential Significance to the use of the NSR", in Arnfinn Jørgensen-Dahl and Willy Østreng (eds): The Northern Sea Route Project: The Pilot Report, R:013-1991, International Sea Route Project, Lysaker, 1991, pp. 235-247, 12 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "The Northern Sea Route Project - Political and Legal Factors" in Proceedings Polartech-92, Montreal 20-25. January 1992, pp. 203-214, 11 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Northern Sea Route: A New Era in Soviet Policy?", in Ocean Development and International Law, vol. 22, no. 3, 1991, pp. 259-287, 28 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Research and National Interests in the Polar Regions in the Postwar Period", in The Fridtjof Nansen Memorial Lectures 1990, The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo 1991, pp. 82-92, 10 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Den nordlige sjørute: En ny æra i sovjetisk politikk? Økonomiske, folkerettslige og sikkerhetspolitiske aspekter". Det sikkerhetspolitiske bibliotek nr. 9/1991, Den Norske Atlanterhavskomiteen, Oslo 1991, 39 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "The Arctic Region ‑ The ice is breaking up" in Paul J. Cook (ed): Changes and Continuity in Europe`s Northern  Region: A Conference Report, Significant Issues Series, vol. XIII, no. 4, The Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington D.C., 1991, pp. 46‑52, 7 pages,

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Conflict and Alignment Pattern of Antarctic Politics. Is a New Order Needed ?", in Arnfinn Jørgensen‑Dahl and Willy Østreng (eds) The Antarctic Treaty System in World Politics, MacMillan Press, London, 1991, pp. 433‑450, 17 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "The 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea. State Behaviour and Practice in North European Waters", in Myron Nordquist (ed): State Practice and the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention, Cascais, April 19‑22 organized by Center for Oceans Law and Policy, University of Virginia, School of Law. pp. 164-207, 43 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Geography and Military Confrontation in the North" in International Challenges, Vol. 9, no.4, 1989, pp.11‑16,

 

Willy Østreng: "Nordflåtens strategiske ubåter og Barentshavet. Målsettinger og operasjonsbetingelser" (The Strategic submarines of the Northern Fleet and the Barents Sea. Objectives and operational conditions) in Norges Forsvar, no.8, October 1989, pp. 6‑11, 5 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "The Militarization and Security Concept of the Arctic", in The Arctic. Choices for Peace and Security, The True North Strong and Free Inquiry Society, Gordon Soules Book Publishers Ltd., West Vancouver, Seattle, 1989, pp. 113‑127, 14 pages.

 

Willy Østreng:"Political‑Military Relations among the Ice States: The Conceptional Basis of State Behaviour", in Franklyn Griffiths (ed): Arctic Alternatives: Civility or Militarism in the Circumpolar North, Science for Peace/Samuel Stevens, Toronto, 1992, pp. 26-45, 20 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Polar Science and Politics: Close Twins or Opposite Poles in International Cooperation", in Willy Østreng and Steinar Andresen (eds): International Resource Management: The Role of Science and Politics, Belhaven Press, London, New York, pp.88‑ 115.

 

Willy Østreng: "Strength and Impotence in the Development of Ocean Law.",in International Challenges, vol. 8,no.2,1988, 7 pages. Also published under the title:"Makt og avmakt i utviklingen av havretten" in Valter Angell & Karin Lindgren (eds): Globalt samarbeid: krise eller renessanse?, NORSAM, pub.no.3,Stockholm, 1988. pp.51‑65, 14 pages

 

Willy Østreng: "The Barents Sea in Soviet Rear‑Deployment Strategy", in Naval Forces, International Forum for Maritime Power, no. 1, 1988, 20 pages.

 

Willy Østreng:"The Geostrategic Conditions of Deterrence in the Barents Sea", in Lawson W. Brigham (ed): The Soviet Maritime Arctic, Belhaven Press, London 1991, pp: 201‑215, 14 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Norway in Northern Waters", in Clive Archer & David Schrivner: Northern Waters: Security and Resource Issues, Croom Helms, London 1986, 22 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "In Search of oil and Security: Soviet Interests in the Barents Sea." in Noroil, August, 1986, pp.109‑111, 12 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Politics of Continental Shelves.  The South China Sea in a Comparative Perspective", in Cooperation and Conflict, vol. xx, No. 4, December 1985, pp. 253‑277. Also published under the title: "Joint Development of Hydrocarbons in the South China Sea:  Opportunities and Constraints.  An Assessment based on Precedents elsewhere". Mimeographed, FNI‑ publication series 1985.

 

Willy Østreng: "Oil, Strategy, and Ocean Law in the Arctic.  A Scenario for the 21st Century," in Ben Gerwick (ed.): Arctic Engineering for the 21st Century, Washington D.C. 1984, pp. 99‑117, 18 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Delimitation Arrangements in Arctic Seas ‑ Cases of Precedents or Securing of Strategic/Economic Interests?" in Marine Policy, No. 2, 1986, pp.132‑155. Reprinted in Robert Krueger & Stefan Riesenfeld (eds): The Developing Orders of the Oceans, LSI, Honolulu, 1986.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Soviet‑Norwegian Relations in the Arctic", in International Journal, Special Issue: Polar Politics, Vol. xxxix, No. 4, autumn 1984, pp. 866‑888, 22 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "International Exploitation of 'National Ocean Minerals with Special Reference to the Joint Development Area between Jan Mayen and Iceland", in Mark J. Valencia (ed.): Geology and Hydrocarbon Potential of the South China Sea and Possibilities  of Joint Development, Pergamon Press, New York, 1985, pp. 555‑573, 18 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Grå diplomater i nord". (Grey Diplomats in the North), in Forsvar, No. 8‑9, 1982, København, 8 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Norsk Havforvaltning og fiskeriene.  Hensynet til utlandet". (Norwegian Ocean Management and the Fisheries.  The Considerations concerning the Interests of Other Countries), in Tidsskrift for norsk fiskerinæring, No. 4, 1982, 31 pages,

 

Willy Østreng: "Skoler i studiet av Nordflåtens betydning for norsk sikkerhet". (Schools in the Study of the Significance of the Northern Fleet in Norwegian Security), in Proceedings from NAVFs  forskerkonferanse om freds‑ og konfliktsforskning på Lysebu, 23‑24 november 1981, 24 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Strategic Developments in the Norwegian and Polar Seas:  Problems of Denuclearization", in Bulletin of Peace Proposals, No. 2, 1982, 17 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Traktatfortolkning og nasjonale interesser: Svalbardtraktaten av 9. februar 1920". (Treaty Interpretation and National Interests:  The Svalbard Treaty of 9 February 1920), in H. Celius & O.I. Rønning: Teknologi i Arktis, University of Trondheim, Tapir 1982. Pp. 20‑29, 10 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Norwegian Petroleum and Coastal Zone Management. (The Considerations Concerning the Interests of Foreign Countries", in Cooperation and Conflict, No. 2 1982.  Pp. 117‑138, 22 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Norway's Law of the Sea‑Policy in the 70s. Ideals, Economics and other Background Factors", in Ocean Development and International Law, No. 1/2, 1982, 20 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Det varme Arktis". (The Hot Arctic), in Håkon Børde (ed.): By og bygd i Norge, bind 19, 1982, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, pp 176-198, 24 pages

 

* Willy Østreng: "Norwegen und die Sowjetunion in der Barentssee", in Europa Archiv, No. 23, 10.12.80, 35 Jahr. pp. 711‑720, 10 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Betydningen av Svalbardtraktatens artikkel 9 i relasjon til den militær‑strategiske utvikling i Svalbard‑Barents-havområdet". (The significance of Article 9 of the Svalbard Treaty in Relation to the Military‑Strategic Development in the Barents Sea Area), in Internasjonal Politikk, No. 4, 1977. Pp. 653‑691, 41 pages.(Coauthor: Finn Sollie).

 

Willy Østreng: "The Exercise of Norwegian Authority on Svalbard", in Proceedings from the Spitsbergen Symposium, at the Arctic Centre at the University of Groningen, the Netherlands, 1978. pp. 113‑123, 11 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Svalbard som politisk problem.  Vanskelig balansegang". (Svalbard as a Political Problem: Difficult Balancing), in Forskningsnytt, No. 8, 1978, 23. årg. Pp. 2‑8, 7 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Norsk myndighetsutøvelse på Svalbard.  Bakgrunn og endringsbetingelser". (Norwegian exercise of sovereignty in Svalbard. Background and Conditions for Change), in Sivil  Beredskap, No. 4, 1978, 21. årg. Pp. 2‑7, 6 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Continental Shelf‑Issues in the Eastern Arctic Ocean.  Implications of UNCLOS 3, with Special Reference to the Informal Composite Negotiating Text (ICNT)", in John King Gamble (ed.): The Law of the Sea: Neglected Issues, Hawaii, 1979. pp. 165‑182, 18 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Næroppgavene i norsk utenrikspolitikk". (High Priority Tasks in Norwegian Foreign Policy with Special Emphasis on the Northern Areas), in Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Årbok, 1977, pp. 9‑31, 22 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Ocean Law and Security.  Norway and the Soviet Union in the Barents Sea", in Ocean Development and International Law, vol. 4, 1977.  pp. 343‑369, 26 pages. (Coauthor: Kim Traavik).

 

Willy Østreng: "Svalbards rettslige og politiske status". (The Legal and Political Status of Svalbard), in Spetsbergen.  Land i  nord, Ordfront, Stockholm, 1978, pp. 61‑68, 9 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Huippuvuorten Kansainvalien Asema.  Poliittisia ja oikeudellssia nakohtia". (Svalbard and Security), in Ulkopolitiikaa, No. 1, 1977, pp. 10‑17, 8 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Barentshavet og nasjonal sikkerhet" (The Barents Sea and National Security), in Samtiden, No. 6, 1975, pp. 1‑17, 18 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Strategic Balance and the Arctic Ocean: Soviet Options", in Cooperation and Conflict, No. 1, 1977, pp. 41‑62, 22 pages.  Reprinted in William Gutteridge (ed.): European Security, Nuclear Weapons and Public Confidence, London 1982, pp. 125‑155, 30 pages.

 

Willy Østreng:  "The Challenge of New Territories ‑ An Introduction", in Internasjonal Politikk, No. 2/3, 1974, and in Finn Sollie et al: The Challenge of New Territories, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1974.

 

* Willy Østreng: "Strength and Impotence.  The Developing Countries and the Development in New Territories", in Internasjonal Politikk, No. 2/3, 1974, and in Finn Sollie et al: The Challenge of New Territories, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1974., 11 pages.

 

* Willy Østreng: "The Arctic Ocean and the Law of the Sea", in in Internasjonal Politikk, No. 2/3, 1974, and in Finn Sollie et al: The Challenge of New Territories, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1974, 15 pages. (Coauthor: Kim Traavik).

 

Willy Østreng: "Det sovjetiske stredeproblem og Norge".  (The Soviet Strait Problem and Norway), in Årbok 1972‑73 for Utvalget  for rustningskontroll og nedrustning. Pp. 78‑93, 16 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Norsk suverenitetsutøvelse på Svalbard. Det internasjonale perspektiv. (Norwegian Exercise of Sovereignty in Svalbard.  The International Perspective.)  Mimeographed FNI Publication Series, 1972, 27 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Svalbards situasjon i storpolitisk perspektiv". (Svalbard in High Politics). Internasjonal Politikk, No. 3, 1974, 22 pages.

 

Book reviews, contributions to Encyclopedias and professional discussions, Feature articles etc.

 (57 publications out of which 2 marked * are peer reviewed):

 

Willy Østreng: “Foreword” in Jens Petter Nielsen and Edwin Okhuizen (eds.): From Northeast Passage to Northern Sea Route. A History of the Waterway north of Eurasia, Brill, Leiden, Boston, October 2022, 3 double-spaced pages in an A4-format book

 

Willy Østreng: “The Future of Shipping and Trade in Arctic Waters”, 8 April 2015, World Policy Institute, New York, 8. April 2015, Online publication: www.worldpolicy.org/arctic-context.

 

Willy Østreng: Book review of Sverker Sørlin (ed): Science, Geopolitics and Culture in the Polar Region. Norden Beyond Borders, Ashgate, Farnham, Burlington, 2013, pp. xiv/443. ISBN: 9781472409690 (hbk), ISBN: 9781472409706 (ebk-PDF), ISBN: 9781472409713 (ebk-ePUB), in Scandia. Tidsskrift for historisk forskning, no. 1, vol.81, 2015, Historiska Institutionen, Lund, Sweden, pp. 135-137.

 

Willy Østreng: «Prosessen rundt Øst-Svalbard. Kunnskapsbasert forvaltning eller føre-var?» (The East-Svalbard process. Knowledge based management or pre-emptive reactions?), Svalbardposten, nr. 43 – 2. November 2012.

 

Willy Østreng: «Terrorisme i Arktis?» (Terrorism in the Arctic?), Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 11 May 2012

 

Willy Østreng: «Politisk fellesskap i Arktis? (Political Union in the Arctic?)» Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 20 January, 2012

 

Willy Østreng: «Svalbardtraktaten – utgått på dato? (The Svalbard Treaty – Out of date?)» Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 2 December 2011.

 

Willy Østreng: “Bjørnøya i geopolitisk lys (The Bear Island in light of geopolitics)”, Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 7 October 2011

 

Willy Østreng: “Kina i Arktis (China in the Arctic)”, Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 10 June, 2011

 

Willy Østreng: “Nordøstpassasjen (the Northeast Passage)”, Feature article, Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 8 April, 2011

 

Willy Østreng:”Egypt, pirater og Arktis (Egypt, Pirates and the Arctic)”, Feature article, Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 12 February, 2011

Willy Østreng: “EU og den arktiske makten (The European Union and the Arctic Power)”, Feature article, Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 26 november 2010

 

Willy Østreng: ”Arktisk ressurskappløp? (Arctic resource race?)”, Feature article Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 30 April 2010

 

Willy Østreng: “Hva er arktiske farvann? (What is Arctic waters?)”, Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 26 February, 2010

 

Willy Østreng: “Det åpne havs frihet” (The Freedom of the High Seas), Feature article in  Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 18 Desember, 2009

 

Willy Østreng: ”Høsting og vern i Arktis ” (Extraction and Conservation in the Arctic), Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 11. September, 2009

 

Willy Østreng: “Trenger Arktis en egen traktat?” (Does the Arctic need a special treaty?), Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 22 May, 2009

 

Willy Østreng: “Teori og praksis i nord” (Theory and Practice in the North), Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 13. March 2009

 

Willy Østreng: “Bærekraft i nord” (Sustainability in the North), Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 16. January, 2009

 

Willy Østreng: “Kaukasus og nordområdene” (Kaukasus and the Northern Areas), Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 14 November, 2008.

 

Willy Østreng: ”Politikk og Juss” (Politics and Law), Feature article in Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 19. September, 2008.

 

Willy Østreng: “Gråsonen vs. Lofoten” (The Grey Zone versus the Lofoten), Feature article in  Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 16. June 2008.

 

Willy Østreng: ”Anmeldelse av trebinds verket: Norsk Polarhistorie I, II, III” (Review of the three volumes:Norwegian Polar History I, II, III), in Historisk Tidsskrift (Historic Journal), vol. 87, no. 2, 2008, pp. 351-363

 

Willy Østreng: ”Nordområdene i et helhetlig perspektiv” (The Northern Areas in a Holistic Perspective), Feature article in Nordlys, 15.April 2005. Coauthor: Arnfinn Jørgensen Dahl

 

* Willy Østreng: “Jens Evensen: Biography”, in Norwegian Bibliographical Lexicon, vol 2, Kunnskapsforlaget, Oslo, 2000

 

*Willy Østreng: “The INSROP Sweat - What was it all about and how was it handled?”, in

Willy Østreng (ed): The Natural and Societal Challenges of the Northern Sea Route. A Reference Work, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, London, Boston, 1999, pp. xxxv-xliii

 

Willy Østreng: “Norsk nærområdepolitikk” (Norwegian policy in Adjacent Areas), Feature article in Dagbladet, 13.5.1998

 

Willy Østreng: “Norsk nærområdepolitikk - Hva er det? (Norwegian Policy in Adjacent Areas - What is that?) in Norsk nærområdepolitikk. Rapport fra et seminar arrangert av Fridtjof Nansens Institutt i samarbeid med Utenriksdepartementet,  April 30, 1998. pp. 1-4

 

Willy Østreng: "Introduction to INSROP", in Hiromitsu Kitagawa (ed): Northern Sea Route; Future and Perspective. The Proceedings of INSROP Symposium 1995, Ship and Ocean Foundation, Tokyo, pp. 3-15

 

Willy Østreng: "Botany and Silent Diplomacy" (Botanikk og stille diplomati), in Festschrift to Professor Olaf Rønning på hans 70 års-dag 20/12-94, Eget forlag, Trondheim 1994.

 

Willy Østreng: " Military/Strategic Aspects of the Northern Sea Route", International Challenges, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 108-116, 8 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "The Barents Region: A Regional Contribution to European Security and Cooperation ?" International Challenges, no.4 vol. 12, 1992, pp. 13-21, 9 pages

 

Willy Østreng: "The Barents Region and the Northern Sea Route" International Challenges, no. 4, vol. 12, 1992, pp. 95-106, 11 pages. (Co-author Henning Simonsen)

 

Willy Østreng: "The Geopolitics of the Northern Sea Route", International Challenges, vol. 12, no. 1, 1992, pp. 21-26.

 

Willy Østreng: Review of Clive Archer (ed): The Soviet Union and Northern Waters, Routledge for the Royal Institute of International Affairs, London 1988, in Cooperation and Conflict, vol.XXV, no. 2, 1990, pp. 101‑102.

 

Willy Østreng: "The Changing Mood of the Kremlin. Security and Cooperation in the Arctic", in International Challenges, vol.9, no.2, 1989, 5 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Fønvind fra Øst i Nord" (Winds of Thaw from the East in the North), Commissioned article to the Norwegian daily Aftenposten, July 8, 1989.

 

Willy Østreng:"International Cooperation in the Polar Regions: The Role of Science", in International Challenges, no.3 1988. pp.20‑26.

 

Willy Østreng: "Strategic Submarines in the Barents Sea: Tasks an Functions" in International Challenges, Newsletter from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute,no.1, 1986.

 

Willy Østreng: Review of: Dansk sikkerhedspolitik og forslagene om Norden som kernevåbenfri zone. (Danish Security Policy, and the Proposition to make the Nordic Region into a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone), in Politica, No. 1, 1983, Århus, Denmark. Reprinted in the Norwegian daily Dagbladet.

 

Willy Østreng: Book Review of Nils Ørvik: "Northern Development. Northern Security", Center for International Relations, Queens University, Northern Studies Series No. 1‑83, in Arctic, June edition, 1984, and in FNI Newsletter, No. 4, 1984.

 

Willy Østreng: "Hensynet til utlandet i norsk havforvaltning.  Forholdet mellom målsettinger og oppfatninger". (Foreign Considerations in Norwegian Ocean Management.  The Relationship between Objectives and Assumptions), in FNI Newsletter, No. 2, 1983, 5 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: «NATO og atomvåpenfrihet i Norden» (NATO and a Nuclearweaponfree Zone in the Nordic Area), Feature article in Dagbladet 28. March 1983

 

Willy Østreng: "Sovjetisk forskning: Polhavet". (Soviet Research in the Arctic Ocean), in FNI Newsletter, No. 4, 1983, 5 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Polområdene". (The Polar Regions), in Kunnskapsforlagets Supplementsbind: Verden i Vår tid, Oslo 1983, 10 pages. (Coauthor: Per Antonsen)

 

Willy Østreng: "Ubåter i Polhavet", (Submarines in the Arctic Ocean), Feature article in the Norwegian daily Dagbladet, 1. juli 1982.

 

Willy Østreng: "Den militær‑strategiske utvikling i Norskehavet og norsk sikkerhet". (The Military‑Strategic Developments in the Norwegian Sea and Norwegian Security), in FNI Newsletter, No. 7, 1982.

 

Willy Østreng: "Enkelte trekk fra Svalbards diplomatiske historie". (Some Aspects of the Diplomatic History of Svalbard), in  FNI Newsletter, No. 4, 1982, 8 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: Review of: Elen C. Singh: The Spitsbergen (Svalbard) Question: United States Foreign Policy, 1907‑1935, Universitetsforlaget, Oslo 1980, in Cooperation and Conflict, No. 3, 1981.

 

Willy Østreng: "Jan Mayen ‑ Liten tue som velter store lass?" (Jan Mayen ‑ Small Island causing huge Political Disturbances?), in Hvor hender det? No. 5, 21 Sept. 1981, and NUPIs kronikk‑tjeneste.

 

Willy Østreng: "Arktis". (The Arctic), in Hvor hender det, No.2, 27 August 1979, Norsk Utenrikspolitisk Institutt.

 

Willy Østreng: Review of: Armstrong, Rogers og Rowleys: The Circumpolar North:  A Political and Economic Geography of the Arctic and Sub‑Arctic, London 1978, in Internasjonal Politikk, No. 3, 1979.

 

Willy Østreng: "Militarisering av verdensrommet". (The Militarisation of Outer Space). Mimeographed FNI Publication Series 1978, 6 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: Review of: E.J. Dosman (ed.): The Arctic in Question, Oxford University Press, 1976, in Internasjonal Politikk, No. 3, 1977.

 

Willy Østreng: "De Nye Territorier". (The New Territories), in Internasjonal Politikk. NRK‑Skoleradioen, 11‑77/80. Pp. 49‑60, 12 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Svalbardtraktaten.  Litt om bakgrunn, fortolkning og innhold". (The Svalbard Treaty. Somewhat on background, interpretation and content), in Ibid., pp. 6‑9, 4 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Det strategiske Polhav". (The Strategic Arctic Ocean), in Norske Interesser i Polarområdene, NRK‑Skoleradioen, 4‑76, pp. 18‑21, 4 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Svalbard 1975/76". (Svalbard 1975/76). Mimeographed, FNI Publication Series, 14 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Om kildekritikk og Ristes kritikk", (About Source Evaluation and the Criticism of  Dr. Riste), in International  Politikk, No. 4, 1975.

 

Willy Østreng: "Fanden og Bibelen: et gammelt problem i reprise". (The Devil and the Bible: A Recurring Problem), in International Politikk, No. 2, 1975.

 

Research related articles/editorials/notes

(21 publications in total):

 

Willy Østreng: “Norwegian Polar Research. Inspirational forerunners and integrative challenges” in NVP Newsletter 14, January 2015 at www.polar-academy.com/newsletter, 5 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: “Interdisciplinary Training in High Latitude. The Summer Schools of the Norwegian Scientific Academy for Polar Research”, in NVP Newsletter 13, November 2014 at www.polar-academy.com/newsletter,  7 pages. (Coauthor Lasse Pettersson).

 

Willy Østreng: “The Utility Value of Basic Research”, Editorial in Impressions/Glimt, CAS Newsletter, no 1, vol.17, 2009

 

Willy Østreng:”The Diversity and Individuality of Research”, Editorial in Impressions/Glimt, CAS Newsletter, no. 2, vol. 16, 2008.

 

Willy Østreng: “Elite Research as a Common Good”, Editorial in Impressions/Glimt, CAS Newsletter, no. 1, vol. 16, 2008

 

Willy Østreng: “Creativity and Innovation”, Editorial, CAS Newsletter, no. 2, vol. 15, October 2007

 

Willy Østreng: “Research Quality and Normal Science” Editorial, CAS Newsletter, no. 1, vol. 15, April 2007

 

Willy Østreng:” Innovative Research Spaces and Frontier Research”, Editorial, CAS Newsletter, no. 1, vol 14, April 2006

 

Willy Østreng: “Innovation, Basic Research and Applied Research” Editorial CAS Newsletter

Center for Advanced Study, no. 2, vol. 13, October 2005

 

Willy Østreng: “New Members of the CAS-family” Editorial CAS Newsletter, Center for Advanced Study, no. 2, vol. 12, October 2004

 

Willy Østreng: “Basic Research and Market Liberalism”, Editorial CAS Newsletter, Center for Advanced Study, no. 1, vol. 12 April 2004

 

Willy Østreng: “Elite Research a’ la Norwegienne”, Editorial CAS Newsletter, CAS, Oslo, no. 2, vol 11, October 2003

 

Willy Østreng: “Science and Politics. FNI’s Side-Event at the World Summit in Johannesburg”, Nansen News, FNI, Lysaker, no. 1-2002

 

Willy Østreng: “The Northern Sea Route out of Obscurity”, Editorial, The INSROP Newsletter, no. 1, vol. 7, March 1999, pp. 1-2

 

Willy Østreng: “Integration of INSROP Results: Do we need it?”, Editorial, The INSROP Newsletter, no. 3, vol.5, 1997

 

Willy Østreng: "INSROP I Nearly Completed - Why an INSROP II?" Editorial, The INSROP Newsletter, no. 3, vol. 3, September 1995

 

Willy Østreng: "Forskning til nytte, fånytte eller besvær ?" in Forskning, no. 4, 1995, p. 19. (Coauthor: Anne Kristin Sydnes).

 

Willy Østreng: "INSROP - A Multi- and Crossdisciplinary Challenge", Editorial, The INSROP Newsletter, no. 3, 1994

 

Willy Østreng: "INSROP startup - Why INSROP?" Editorial, The INSROP Newsletter, November 1993.

 

Willy Østreng: "Foreign interests in Norwegian Ocean Management. Different Perceptions", FNI Newsletter, No. 4, 1985, 9 pages.

 

Willy Østreng: "Oil and Ocean Law in the Arctic Ocean" in FNI Newsletter, No. 3, 1984, 8 pages.

 

White papers to the Norwegian Government:

 

Willy Østreng (Government Appointed Member and Author, Expert Group on Northern Areas) White paper: Norges offentlige utredninger (NOU) 2003:32: ”Mot Nord: Utfordringer og muligheter i nordområdene” (Look North! Challenges and Opportunities in the Northern Areas), Royal Norwegian Foreign Ministry, 8 December 2003, 127 pages.  

 

 

Official Reports to International Organizations:

 

Arctic Council:

 

Willy Østreng (Contributing author), Overview Report: Adaptation Actions for A Changing Arctic: Barents Area, Overview Report, Arctic Monitoring and Asessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway, April, 2017. 23 pages.

 

Willy Østreng (Contributing author), International report: Adaptation Actions for A Changing Arctic: Perspectives From The Barents Area, Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP), Oslo, Norway, ISBN-13978-82-7972-102-5, published, 10-10, 2017, XIV+ 267 pages.

 

 

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