Creating the Joint Arctic Command: Cutting Cost or Preparing for the Future? Strategic Culture, Arctic Security and Strategic Reasoning within the Kingdom of Denmark
The article demonstrates that the Danish Armed Forces based its decision to establish the Joint Arctic Command in 2012 on a desire to rationalise and cut defence spending in general rather than in an attempt to strengthen Denmark’s military posture in the Artic. We make this argument by employing th...
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ftjsjms:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/228 2024-04-14T08:06:01+00:00 Creating the Joint Arctic Command: Cutting Cost or Preparing for the Future? Strategic Culture, Arctic Security and Strategic Reasoning within the Kingdom of Denmark Strandsbjerg, Jeppe Dahlberg, Rasmus 2024-03-20 application/pdf text/xml https://account.sjms.nu/index.php/sms-j-sjms/article/view/228 https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.228 eng eng Scandinavian Military Studies https://account.sjms.nu/index.php/sms-j-sjms/article/view/228/248 https://account.sjms.nu/index.php/sms-j-sjms/article/view/228/249 https://account.sjms.nu/index.php/sms-j-sjms/article/view/228 doi:10.31374/sjms.228 Copyright (c) 2024 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies; Vol. 7 Núm. 1 (2024); 48–61 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies; Vol. 7 No. 1 (2024); 48–61 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies; Vol 7 Nr 1 (2024); 48–61 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies; v. 7 n. 1 (2024); 48–61 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies; Vol. 7 No 1 (2024); 48–61 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies; ##issue.vol## 7 ##issue.no## 1 (2024); 48–61 Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies; Bd. 7 Nr. 1 (2024); 48–61 2596-3856 Arctic Security Strategy Joint Arctic Command Strategic culture Danish Armed Forces info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2024 ftjsjms https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.228 2024-03-21T15:51:27Z The article demonstrates that the Danish Armed Forces based its decision to establish the Joint Arctic Command in 2012 on a desire to rationalise and cut defence spending in general rather than in an attempt to strengthen Denmark’s military posture in the Artic. We make this argument by employing the concept of strategic culture to make sense of these decisions and to provide an understanding of the overall strategic logic behind Denmark’s military presence. Based on eight interviews with key informants involved in the establishment of the new joint command, supplemented with published and other written sources, we argue that cost-cutting arguments weighed heavier than strategic rationales during the process leading up to the creation of the Joint Arctic Command. Using strategic culture as our analytical framework allows us to provide an alternative explanation to that usually found in the literature, in which the establishment of JACO is held to be an index of a stronger Arctic focus in Danish foreign and security policy. This analysis prompts further consideration of what we can expect from the Danish Armed Forces in the years to come. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies Arctic Scandinavian Journal of Military Studies 7 1 48 61 |
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The article demonstrates that the Danish Armed Forces based its decision to establish the Joint Arctic Command in 2012 on a desire to rationalise and cut defence spending in general rather than in an attempt to strengthen Denmark’s military posture in the Artic. We make this argument by employing the concept of strategic culture to make sense of these decisions and to provide an understanding of the overall strategic logic behind Denmark’s military presence. Based on eight interviews with key informants involved in the establishment of the new joint command, supplemented with published and other written sources, we argue that cost-cutting arguments weighed heavier than strategic rationales during the process leading up to the creation of the Joint Arctic Command. Using strategic culture as our analytical framework allows us to provide an alternative explanation to that usually found in the literature, in which the establishment of JACO is held to be an index of a stronger Arctic focus in Danish foreign and security policy. This analysis prompts further consideration of what we can expect from the Danish Armed Forces in the years to come. |
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Creating the Joint Arctic Command: Cutting Cost or Preparing for the Future? Strategic Culture, Arctic Security and Strategic Reasoning within the Kingdom of Denmark |
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Creating the Joint Arctic Command: Cutting Cost or Preparing for the Future? Strategic Culture, Arctic Security and Strategic Reasoning within the Kingdom of Denmark |
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Creating the Joint Arctic Command: Cutting Cost or Preparing for the Future? Strategic Culture, Arctic Security and Strategic Reasoning within the Kingdom of Denmark |
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Creating the Joint Arctic Command: Cutting Cost or Preparing for the Future? Strategic Culture, Arctic Security and Strategic Reasoning within the Kingdom of Denmark |
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Creating the Joint Arctic Command: Cutting Cost or Preparing for the Future? Strategic Culture, Arctic Security and Strategic Reasoning within the Kingdom of Denmark |
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