Presentation Title
Looking East, Looking North
Panel Name
World Politics, World Economies: Crises, Revolutions, Evolving Relationships
Location
Lecture Center 12
Start Date
3-5-2019 3:15 PM
End Date
3-5-2019 4:45 PM
Presentation Type
Oral Presentation
Academic Major
Political Science
Abstract
Diplomatic relationships between countries are key to upholding peace and security, especially in the recent political climate. This paper reviews the diplomatic relationships between the East-Asian country, China, and the Northern European country, Norway in relation to the two superpowers, USSR and the United States in the period between 1960 and 1980, as well as the relationship the two countries have towards each other. The paper will discuss significant events which shaped Chinese and Norwegian international relations in regard to the Cold War, and we will identify tensions of the aftermath of the Cold War and how breaches in diplomatic trust can create catastrophic results. Lastly, we will briefly review the Chinese and Norwegian political interactions during the Cold War, as China is a full communist country and Norway as a co-founding country of NATO. By conducting this research, we are assessing the importance of international relations, and by looking into two countries which rarely are reviewed together we hope to discover interesting aspects of the Cold War which has been overlooked in both historical and political academia.
First Faculty Advisor
Dr. Camelia Lenart
First Advisor Email
ilenart@albany.edu
First Advisor Department
History Department
The work you will be presenting can best be described as
Finished or mostly finished by conference date
Looking East, Looking North
Lecture Center 12
Diplomatic relationships between countries are key to upholding peace and security, especially in the recent political climate. This paper reviews the diplomatic relationships between the East-Asian country, China, and the Northern European country, Norway in relation to the two superpowers, USSR and the United States in the period between 1960 and 1980, as well as the relationship the two countries have towards each other. The paper will discuss significant events which shaped Chinese and Norwegian international relations in regard to the Cold War, and we will identify tensions of the aftermath of the Cold War and how breaches in diplomatic trust can create catastrophic results. Lastly, we will briefly review the Chinese and Norwegian political interactions during the Cold War, as China is a full communist country and Norway as a co-founding country of NATO. By conducting this research, we are assessing the importance of international relations, and by looking into two countries which rarely are reviewed together we hope to discover interesting aspects of the Cold War which has been overlooked in both historical and political academia.