Strategic Nuclear Patrols and an Arctic Military Code of Conduct
While rising northern tensions clearly challenge notions of the Arctic as a durable zone of peace, current tensions are rooted in fears of a European conflict spilling northward, not in conflict endemic to the Arctic. Two decades of high north military expansion have certainly added to the region’s...
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fttsvojs:oai:journal.fi:article/142898 2024-05-12T07:58:20+00:00 Strategic Nuclear Patrols and an Arctic Military Code of Conduct Regehr, Ernie 2023-08-18 application/pdf https://jass.journal.fi/article/view/142898 eng eng The Åland Islands Peace Institute https://jass.journal.fi/article/view/142898/90325 https://jass.journal.fi/article/view/142898 Copyright (c) 2023 Ernie Regehr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies; Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): Conference Proceedings: Regional Security in the North, Nuclear Risks and Possible Solutions; 144-157 Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies; Vol 7 Nro 2 (2023): Conference Proceedings: Regional Security in the North, Nuclear Risks and Possible Solutions; 144-157 2489-4265 anti-submarine warfare militarization nuclear deterrence strategic stability zone of peace info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Invited commentary 2023 fttsvojs 2024-04-17T14:09:28Z While rising northern tensions clearly challenge notions of the Arctic as a durable zone of peace, current tensions are rooted in fears of a European conflict spilling northward, not in conflict endemic to the Arctic. Two decades of high north military expansion have certainly added to the region’s strategic uncertainty, but more consequential are the currently increasing levels and pace of competing strategic patrols in the Arctic, especially those that undermine basic nuclear deterrence. Proposals for an Arctic code of conduct, designed to avoid provocative behaviour and reduce risks of accidental encounters escalating, seek to preserve the Arctic as a low-tension security environment, and proposals to constraint strategic patrols rest on the same principle. In particular U.S. anti submarine warfare operations aimed at Russia’s sea-based nuclear deterrent forces threaten the latter’s second-strike forces and thus destabilize mutual strategic deterrence. Strategic ASW operations have been of enduring concern and have led to a succession of proposals to constrain such deployments. Those ideas, however, have never been elevated to sustained exploration or drawn into formal arms control negotiations. Early 2023 may not seem a propitious time to revive ideas of anti-submarine warfare constraint, but in the long term, strategic stability and resumed arms control and disarmament will require attention to them. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Federation of Finnish Learned Societies: Scientific Journals Online Arctic |
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While rising northern tensions clearly challenge notions of the Arctic as a durable zone of peace, current tensions are rooted in fears of a European conflict spilling northward, not in conflict endemic to the Arctic. Two decades of high north military expansion have certainly added to the region’s strategic uncertainty, but more consequential are the currently increasing levels and pace of competing strategic patrols in the Arctic, especially those that undermine basic nuclear deterrence. Proposals for an Arctic code of conduct, designed to avoid provocative behaviour and reduce risks of accidental encounters escalating, seek to preserve the Arctic as a low-tension security environment, and proposals to constraint strategic patrols rest on the same principle. In particular U.S. anti submarine warfare operations aimed at Russia’s sea-based nuclear deterrent forces threaten the latter’s second-strike forces and thus destabilize mutual strategic deterrence. Strategic ASW operations have been of enduring concern and have led to a succession of proposals to constrain such deployments. Those ideas, however, have never been elevated to sustained exploration or drawn into formal arms control negotiations. Early 2023 may not seem a propitious time to revive ideas of anti-submarine warfare constraint, but in the long term, strategic stability and resumed arms control and disarmament will require attention to them. |
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Strategic Nuclear Patrols and an Arctic Military Code of Conduct |
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Strategic Nuclear Patrols and an Arctic Military Code of Conduct |
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Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies; Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): Conference Proceedings: Regional Security in the North, Nuclear Risks and Possible Solutions; 144-157 Journal of Autonomy and Security Studies; Vol 7 Nro 2 (2023): Conference Proceedings: Regional Security in the North, Nuclear Risks and Possible Solutions; 144-157 2489-4265 |
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https://jass.journal.fi/article/view/142898/90325 https://jass.journal.fi/article/view/142898 |
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Copyright (c) 2023 Ernie Regehr https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0 |
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