Breaking the ice: potential U.S.-Russian maritime conflict in the Arctic
Outstanding Thesis While war in the Arctic appears unlikely at present, this thesis analyzes why an escalation of territorial and resource disputes in the Arctic up to and including the use of force cannot and should not be ruled out. This thesis examines the political, economic, and military intere...
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ftnavalpschool:oai:calhoun.nps.edu:10945/27780 2024-06-09T07:42:46+00:00 Breaking the ice: potential U.S.-Russian maritime conflict in the Arctic Aerandir, Mate Wesley Yost, David S. National Security Affairs Unrein, L. Tim 2012-12 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/10945/27780 unknown Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School NPS Outstanding Theses and Dissertations https://hdl.handle.net/10945/27780 This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. As such, it is in the public domain, and under the provisions of Title 17, United States Code, Section 105, is not copyrighted in the U.S. Arctic Conflict Economic Interdependence International Institutionalism Threat Economic Warfare Navy Coast Guard United States Russia Canada Denmark Norway China Japan United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf CLCS NATO NATO-Russia Council NRC Arctic Council Hydrocarbon Oil Gas Arms Race Thesis 2012 ftnavalpschool 2024-05-15T00:25:03Z Outstanding Thesis While war in the Arctic appears unlikely at present, this thesis analyzes why an escalation of territorial and resource disputes in the Arctic up to and including the use of force cannot and should not be ruled out. This thesis examines the political, economic, and military interests of the main Arctic powers: Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States to set the scene for an assessment of the factors that could make for cooperation or conflict. Advocates of a Pax Arctica involving regional cooperation underrate the more pragmatic and competitive factors underlying international relations and the actual limits of international institutions and economic interdependence in restraining behavior in an anarchic system. The potential for U.S.-Russian maritime conflict in the region is genuine. Based on the methodology established for this analysis, it can be reasonably assessed that conflict in the Arctic is likely. No time horizon can be determined, however, because much depends on decisions made (or not made) by these same Arctic powers in the coming decades. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Outstanding Thesis Lieutenant, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/breakingicepoten1094527780 Thesis Arctic Council Arctic Law of the Sea Naval Postgraduate School: Calhoun Arctic Canada Norway |
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Arctic Conflict Economic Interdependence International Institutionalism Threat Economic Warfare Navy Coast Guard United States Russia Canada Denmark Norway China Japan United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf CLCS NATO NATO-Russia Council NRC Arctic Council Hydrocarbon Oil Gas Arms Race |
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Arctic Conflict Economic Interdependence International Institutionalism Threat Economic Warfare Navy Coast Guard United States Russia Canada Denmark Norway China Japan United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea UNCLOS Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf CLCS NATO NATO-Russia Council NRC Arctic Council Hydrocarbon Oil Gas Arms Race Aerandir, Mate Wesley Breaking the ice: potential U.S.-Russian maritime conflict in the Arctic |
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Outstanding Thesis While war in the Arctic appears unlikely at present, this thesis analyzes why an escalation of territorial and resource disputes in the Arctic up to and including the use of force cannot and should not be ruled out. This thesis examines the political, economic, and military interests of the main Arctic powers: Canada, Denmark, Norway, Russia, and the United States to set the scene for an assessment of the factors that could make for cooperation or conflict. Advocates of a Pax Arctica involving regional cooperation underrate the more pragmatic and competitive factors underlying international relations and the actual limits of international institutions and economic interdependence in restraining behavior in an anarchic system. The potential for U.S.-Russian maritime conflict in the region is genuine. Based on the methodology established for this analysis, it can be reasonably assessed that conflict in the Arctic is likely. No time horizon can be determined, however, because much depends on decisions made (or not made) by these same Arctic powers in the coming decades. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. Outstanding Thesis Lieutenant, United States Navy http://archive.org/details/breakingicepoten1094527780 |
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Breaking the ice: potential U.S.-Russian maritime conflict in the Arctic |
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Breaking the ice: potential U.S.-Russian maritime conflict in the Arctic |
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Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School |
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