A Small State seeking Hard Security: Iceland, NATO and the US Defence Agreement

• Main Author: Ditlevsen, Martin Søvang, 1978-
• Other Authors: Háskóli Íslands
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Stjórnmálafræði; Ísland; Varnarmál; Þjóðaröryggi; Atlantshafsbandalagið; Mikla; Baka; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/1946/12902

Iceland has chosen to be a nation without a standing army, but in the period from 1951 to 2006 outsourced its security needs to the US through a bilateral defence agreement in the framework of NATO cooperation. In 2006 the US withdrew its forces from Iceland but kept its commitment to the defence of...