Impact of the Soviet military presence in the Arctic region on Norwegian security policies.

• Main Author: Johnson, Carl E.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Fort Leavenworth, KS : US Army Command and General Staff College 1990
• Subjects: Soviet armed forces; Military presence; Security; Arctic regions; Norway; Geography; Norwegian armed forces; Politics; Economics; Military policy; Force structure; Barents Sea; Soviet Union; Threats; Svalbard (Norway); Continental shelf Norway; Objectives; Military strategy; NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Arctic; Svalbard; Kola Peninsula; North Cape; kola peninsula; Northern Norway
• Online Access: http://cgsc.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p4013coll2/id/1423

This study is an analysis of the security issues in the North Cape region of northern Norway, including the Svalbard Islands and the continental shelf areas of the Barents Sea. It examines the geostrategic significance of the region, the Soviet force structure in the Kola peninsula and the Norwegian...