Strategic Insights. Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2010
This issue of Strategic Insights explores the fascinating nexus of climate and security. While the jury remains out on the ultimate consequences of climate change, and whether the implications of recent warming trends will be as profound as the more pessimistic scenarios have suggested, military pla...
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ftdtic:ADA534797 2023-05-15T14:51:18+02:00 Strategic Insights. Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2010 NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA CENTER ON CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT 2010-01 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA534797 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA534797 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA534797 Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. DTIC Meteorology Government and Political Science Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *CLIMATE *NATIONAL SECURITY AIR STRIKES ARCTIC OCEAN ARMS CONTROL CANADA CHINA DENMARK DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DISARMAMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FAROE ISLANDS FINANCE GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN) GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENLAND GUIDED MISSILES HISTORY ICELAND INDIA INTERNATIONAL POLITICS MELTS MILITARY DOCTRINE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICIES PREVENTION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REPRINTS RUSSIA SEASONAL VARIATIONS SPACE WARFARE SYMPOSIA THREATS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SECURITY QDR(QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW) NSS(NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY) NORTHWEST PASSAGE(CANADA) NORTHERN SEA ROUTE(RUSSIA) INUIT MICROSTATES RESPONSIBILITIES ANCSA(ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT) NUNAVUT NUCLEAR STRATEGY NUCLEAR DOCTRINE NPR(NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW) PGS(PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE) Text 2010 ftdtic 2016-02-24T09:40:58Z This issue of Strategic Insights explores the fascinating nexus of climate and security. While the jury remains out on the ultimate consequences of climate change, and whether the implications of recent warming trends will be as profound as the more pessimistic scenarios have suggested, military planners and security experts have been considering the potential impacts, and devising mitigative measures in case recent trends continue or accelerate. In the far northern reaches of our planet, earlier seasonal ice melts and brief periods of ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been a reality for several years--forcing Arctic states and peoples to confront a more pressing imminence of climate security challenges than yet experienced in many other parts of the world. In this issue, we consider both the broader issues of climate change and national security--as presented by Daniel Moran in Climate Change and Climate Politics and by Daniel Clausen and Michael Clausen in Situating Climate Security: The Department of Defense's Role in Mitigating Climate Change's Causes and Dealing with its Effects--and also the specific consequences of climate change on the Arctic region--as presented in Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic: The Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland by Rasmus Gjedsso Bertelsen, and Stability and Security in a Post-Arctic World: Toward a Convergence of Indigenous, State and Global Interests at the Top of the World by Barry S. Zellen. Text Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland inuit North Atlantic Northern Sea Route Northwest passage Nunavut Alaska Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic Arctic Ocean Canada Faroe Islands Greenland Northwest Passage Nunavut |
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Meteorology Government and Political Science Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *CLIMATE *NATIONAL SECURITY AIR STRIKES ARCTIC OCEAN ARMS CONTROL CANADA CHINA DENMARK DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DISARMAMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FAROE ISLANDS FINANCE GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN) GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENLAND GUIDED MISSILES HISTORY ICELAND INDIA INTERNATIONAL POLITICS MELTS MILITARY DOCTRINE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICIES PREVENTION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REPRINTS RUSSIA SEASONAL VARIATIONS SPACE WARFARE SYMPOSIA THREATS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SECURITY QDR(QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW) NSS(NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY) NORTHWEST PASSAGE(CANADA) NORTHERN SEA ROUTE(RUSSIA) INUIT MICROSTATES RESPONSIBILITIES ANCSA(ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT) NUNAVUT NUCLEAR STRATEGY NUCLEAR DOCTRINE NPR(NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW) PGS(PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE) |
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Meteorology Government and Political Science Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *CLIMATE *NATIONAL SECURITY AIR STRIKES ARCTIC OCEAN ARMS CONTROL CANADA CHINA DENMARK DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DISARMAMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FAROE ISLANDS FINANCE GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN) GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENLAND GUIDED MISSILES HISTORY ICELAND INDIA INTERNATIONAL POLITICS MELTS MILITARY DOCTRINE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICIES PREVENTION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REPRINTS RUSSIA SEASONAL VARIATIONS SPACE WARFARE SYMPOSIA THREATS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SECURITY QDR(QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW) NSS(NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY) NORTHWEST PASSAGE(CANADA) NORTHERN SEA ROUTE(RUSSIA) INUIT MICROSTATES RESPONSIBILITIES ANCSA(ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT) NUNAVUT NUCLEAR STRATEGY NUCLEAR DOCTRINE NPR(NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW) PGS(PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE) Strategic Insights. Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2010 |
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Meteorology Government and Political Science Military Operations Strategy and Tactics *CLIMATE *NATIONAL SECURITY AIR STRIKES ARCTIC OCEAN ARMS CONTROL CANADA CHINA DENMARK DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DISARMAMENT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ENVIRONMENTAL LAW FAROE ISLANDS FINANCE GOVERNMENT(FOREIGN) GREENHOUSE EFFECT GREENLAND GUIDED MISSILES HISTORY ICELAND INDIA INTERNATIONAL POLITICS MELTS MILITARY DOCTRINE NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR WEAPONS POLICIES PREVENTION PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REPRINTS RUSSIA SEASONAL VARIATIONS SPACE WARFARE SYMPOSIA THREATS UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT CLIMATE CHANGE CLIMATE SECURITY QDR(QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW) NSS(NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY) NORTHWEST PASSAGE(CANADA) NORTHERN SEA ROUTE(RUSSIA) INUIT MICROSTATES RESPONSIBILITIES ANCSA(ALASKA NATIVE CLAIMS SETTLEMENT ACT) NUNAVUT NUCLEAR STRATEGY NUCLEAR DOCTRINE NPR(NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW) PGS(PROMPT GLOBAL STRIKE) |
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This issue of Strategic Insights explores the fascinating nexus of climate and security. While the jury remains out on the ultimate consequences of climate change, and whether the implications of recent warming trends will be as profound as the more pessimistic scenarios have suggested, military planners and security experts have been considering the potential impacts, and devising mitigative measures in case recent trends continue or accelerate. In the far northern reaches of our planet, earlier seasonal ice melts and brief periods of ice-free conditions in the Arctic Ocean have been a reality for several years--forcing Arctic states and peoples to confront a more pressing imminence of climate security challenges than yet experienced in many other parts of the world. In this issue, we consider both the broader issues of climate change and national security--as presented by Daniel Moran in Climate Change and Climate Politics and by Daniel Clausen and Michael Clausen in Situating Climate Security: The Department of Defense's Role in Mitigating Climate Change's Causes and Dealing with its Effects--and also the specific consequences of climate change on the Arctic region--as presented in Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic: The Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland by Rasmus Gjedsso Bertelsen, and Stability and Security in a Post-Arctic World: Toward a Convergence of Indigenous, State and Global Interests at the Top of the World by Barry S. Zellen. |
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Strategic Insights. Volume 9, Number 2, Fall 2010 |
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Arctic Arctic Ocean Climate change Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland inuit North Atlantic Northern Sea Route Northwest passage Nunavut Alaska |
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