Introduction: Security and Military Power in the Arctic

For a long time, the Arctic has been regarded as a stable region with low tension. However, even though low tension prevails, it is a fact that the circumpolar region also encompasses some of the world’s most capable and potent military capabilities. The key role of the Arctic regarding security iss...

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Published in:Arctic Review on Law and Politics
Main Authors: Wegge, Njord, Halsne, Sigbjørn
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Language:English
Published: Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing 2022
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24621
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spelling ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/24621 2023-05-15T14:19:59+02:00 Introduction: Security and Military Power in the Arctic Wegge, Njord Halsne, Sigbjørn 2022-03-09 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24621 https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v13.3831 eng eng Nordic Open Access Scholarly Publishing Arctic Review on Law and Politics Wegge, Halsne. Introduction: Security and Military Power in the Arctic. Arctic Review on Law and Politics. 2022;13:32-33 FRIDAID 2008721 doi:10.23865/arctic.v13.3831 1891-6252 2387-4562 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24621 openAccess Copyright 2022 The Author(s) Journal article Tidsskriftartikkel Peer reviewed publishedVersion 2022 ftunivtroemsoe https://doi.org/10.23865/arctic.v13.3831 2022-03-30T22:58:17Z For a long time, the Arctic has been regarded as a stable region with low tension. However, even though low tension prevails, it is a fact that the circumpolar region also encompasses some of the world’s most capable and potent military capabilities. The key role of the Arctic regarding security issues, international relations and geopolitics, is sometimes underplayed or not fully understood. These aspects of security are investigated in this thematic issue of Arctic Review on Law and Politics. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Arctic Arctic review on law and politics University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Arctic Arctic Review on Law and Politics 13 2022 32
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