Analyzing the climate-security nexus in the context of the developing EU security and defence policy in the Arctic region

• Název práce v češtině: Analýza vztahu klimatické bezpečnosti v Arktidě v kontextu rozvíjející se obranně bezpečnostní politiky EU
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Analyzing the climate-security nexus in the context of the developing EU security and defence policy in the Arctic region
• Klíčová slova: Arctic, Climate change, EU, Security
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2022/2023
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Katedra politologie (23-KP)
• Vedoucí / školitel: PhDr. Mgr. et Mgr. Jakub Landovský, Ph.D.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 16.02.2023
• Datum zadání: 16.02.2023

Seznam odborné literatury

References / Bibliography:

A new security challenge: The geopolitical implications of climate change, 2020: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/a-new-security-challenge-the-geopolitical-implications-of-climate-change/

Dolata, P. (2012). How ‘green’ is Canada’s Arctic policy. Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, 32(2), 65-83.
Energy transition and defence: https://eda.europa.eu/news-and-events/spotlight/green-defence-how-is-the-eda-contributing-to-the-energy-transition-and-circular-models-in-defence

EU+Arctic cooperation in the context of Green Deal: https://www.newsecuritybeat.org/2022/02/eu-arctic-arctic-eu/

Gerhardt, H., Kristoffersen, B., & Stuvøy, K. (2018). Saving the Arctic: Green peace or oil riot?. In The Politics of Sustainability in the Arctic (pp. 149-162). Routledge.

Manrique, D. R., Corral, S., & Pereira, Â. G. (2018). Climate-related displacements of coastal communities in the Arctic: Engaging traditional knowledge in adaptation strategies and policies. Environmental Science & Policy, 85, 90-100.

O'Lear, S., & Dalby, S. (Eds.). (2015). Reframing climate change: constructing ecological geopolitics. Routledge.

Reinforcing Environmental Dimensions of European Foreign and Security Policy, 2018: https://ieep.eu/uploads/articles/attachments/6c26f1ea-07d7-431b-a6d3-b990fd53a7d9/Think%202030%20Environmental%20Security.pdf?v=63723855098
Reis, J., Rosado, D. P., Cohen, Y., Pousa, C., & Cavalieri, A. (2022). Green Defense Industries in the European Union: The Case of the Battle Dress Uniform for Circular Economy. Sustainability, 14(20), 13018.

U.S. enhances its military presence in the Arctic region: https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/2022/10/07/white-house-arctic-strategy-calls-for-enhanced-militarypresence/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tw_defensenews

U.S.’s Arctic Strategy: https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/National-Strategy-for-the-Arctic-Region.pdf

Předběžná náplň práce

Topic Characteristics:

Climate change is a risk multiplier. There are diverse linkages between climate change and security including risks of conflict, national security concerns, critical national infrastructure, geopolitical rivalries and threats to human security. The impacts of climate change are massively changing the strategic environment in the Arctic as a result of the changing circumstances of geography. As a consequence of the threat, the multiplier affects the capabilities and operational considerations in different regions. Additionally, climate change has implications for militaries globally and threatens military transport and energy infrastructure as well. As a consequence of the changing security dynamics in the High North, the Arctic security strategies are strengthening the implementation of the EU security and defence policies in the Arctic.

The EU is connected to the region geographically, economically and through its member states, but also due to the transatlantic alliance. The EU is a key player in the Arctic particularly because it is a core of the EU’s strategic autonomy. Therefore, the EU has been enhancing its capacity to act decisively as a security provider while cooperating with partners in order to develop a more integrated security system in the region in order to advance its interests while avoiding exacerbating climate-induced conflicts and crises.

Working hypotheses and Research Questions:

Climate change as a phenomenon was first only an environmental issue, then an energy problem, and today now climate change is being recast as a security threat. As a consequence of the changing security dynamics in the High North, the Arctic security strategies are strengthening the implementation of the EU security and defence policies in the Arctic. The EU is reconceptualising the link between climate change and foreign policy, meaning that the EU has a solid departure from security and defence policy as traditionally perceived. Although the EU injected Europe’s geopolitical interests into the objectives of the Green Deal. As a tendency, the EU is developing a holistic regime that goes beyond military preparedness or response, with due links to a range of civilian and sectoral activities that impact the quality and resilience of the environment and ecosystem. Endeavouring to increase renewable energy use, foster energy efficiency, reduce the carbon footprint of the defence forces and maintain space agencies are key elements of pursuing the EU’s green energy security.



Methodology:

The thesis will use quantitive and qualitative data in order to illustrate mainly with maps and graphs. The thesis’s main part is going to be built on the EU’s Arctic engagement and the geopolitical reasons for developing an EU’s Arctic foreign policy in light of climate change. In the 5) point, I am going to deliver the quality analyses that I am going to do in Greenland during my study visit.

Outline:
1) Literature review – the Climate-security nexus
a. geopolitics of climate change
b. b. the environmental impacts of pursuing an EU foreign and defence policy
i. Green Deal
ii. Strategic Compass
2) Arctic security in the 21st century
a. geographical changements
a. the impacts of the melting icecaps
b. geostrategic
b. changing the chessboard
3) The EU Arctic engagement
a. EU Arctic Policy
b. EU-Greenland relations
4) Case study – EU-Greenland partnership
a. quantitative analyses
b. summary
5) Conclusion