Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52
This article appeared in Strategic Insights, v.9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 Security policy in the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland has historically taken place in a nexus of structural, environmental, and political conditions which pose particular challenges for such policy, a situation th...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/11518 2024-06-09T07:44:27+00:00 Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 Bertelsen, Rasmus G. Center on Contemporary Conflict (CCC) Center for Contemporary Conflict Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.) Monterey, California Center for Contemporary Conflict (CCC) 2010 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/11518 unknown Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School Strategic Insights, v.9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 Strategic Insights, 2002-2010 Strategic Insights https://hdl.handle.net/10945/11518 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States. Article 2010 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T01:05:17Z This article appeared in Strategic Insights, v.9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 Security policy in the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland has historically taken place in a nexus of structural, environmental, and political conditions which pose particular challenges for such policy, a situation that continues and which will continue to take place. This article examines these conditions for broad security policy-making and implementation in the region in a historical, current and future perspective. It shows how these three societies have historically addressed and currently address security policy, where the experience of Iceland as the only fully independent state is enlightening. On this basis, the article discusses how these societies can address future developments with regard to climate change and increased self-government in the case of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which is a central, but often overlooked, political development in the region. Security policy here is conceived broadly as covering the exercise of sovereignty, participation in international security orders such as NATO, well-grounded and researched debate and policy-making, law enforcement, intelligence, civil defense, marine resource management, environmental protection, provision of search and rescue, air and sea surveillance, among other issues. This article identifies structural, environmental, and political conditions as well as public administration and finance challenges for security policy in section two Conditions and Challenges for Security Policy in the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. The conditions are: microstates with very limited absolute capabilities, but responsibilities over vast strategically important air and sea spaces; Arctic and Subarctic climatic and geographic conditions, including climate change which affects political and economic conditions and in turn increases strategic interest and pressure on the region; the geopolitical role of the region, including short-term political changes such as the U.S. ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Faroe Islands Greenland Iceland North Atlantic Subarctic Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Arctic Faroe Islands Greenland |
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This article appeared in Strategic Insights, v.9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 Security policy in the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland has historically taken place in a nexus of structural, environmental, and political conditions which pose particular challenges for such policy, a situation that continues and which will continue to take place. This article examines these conditions for broad security policy-making and implementation in the region in a historical, current and future perspective. It shows how these three societies have historically addressed and currently address security policy, where the experience of Iceland as the only fully independent state is enlightening. On this basis, the article discusses how these societies can address future developments with regard to climate change and increased self-government in the case of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which is a central, but often overlooked, political development in the region. Security policy here is conceived broadly as covering the exercise of sovereignty, participation in international security orders such as NATO, well-grounded and researched debate and policy-making, law enforcement, intelligence, civil defense, marine resource management, environmental protection, provision of search and rescue, air and sea surveillance, among other issues. This article identifies structural, environmental, and political conditions as well as public administration and finance challenges for security policy in section two Conditions and Challenges for Security Policy in the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. The conditions are: microstates with very limited absolute capabilities, but responsibilities over vast strategically important air and sea spaces; Arctic and Subarctic climatic and geographic conditions, including climate change which affects political and economic conditions and in turn increases strategic interest and pressure on the region; the geopolitical role of the region, including short-term political changes such as the U.S. ... |
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Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 |
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Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 |
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Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 |
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Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 |
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Structural, Environmental, and Political Conditions for Security Policy in the High North Atlantic; Strategic Insights, v. 9, issue 2 (Fall 2010) pp. 26-52 |
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