The Security aspects in the Arctic: the potential Role of NATO

This paper addresses military security issues in the Arctic region and assesses in particular NATO’s Arctic agenda by giving a historical retrospective on the militarization of the High North. Also, it provides a theoretical background to understand the contemporary strategic situation and analyze h...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Irina Zhilina
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: The University of Akureyri 2013
Subjects:
Arctic
Cold War
hard law
NATO
Nordic countries
nuclear weapons
security
soft law
strategy
USA
USSR
scipo
hist
Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/e6b7dd4506d3475cba5a6a6bb2972b0b
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Summary:This paper addresses military security issues in the Arctic region and assesses in particular NATO’s Arctic agenda by giving a historical retrospective on the militarization of the High North. Also, it provides a theoretical background to understand the contemporary strategic situation and analyze how the enduring nuclear-weapon-based security strategies can influence the future international relations in the Arctic.

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