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This timely book explores the nuances of the Nordic states' approach to security in the Arctic and their relationships with NATO and the EU. Challenging generalisations of the Arctic as peaceful and self-contained, it illustrates how Arctic security is fragmented by global geopolitics and conflicting interests.
Expert contributors discuss the differing security priorities and approaches across Nordic countries - the Kingdom of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - and assess how these are shaped by their individual relationships with both NATO and the EU, leading to a nuanced interplay of cooperation and competition. They emphasize how increased security tensions have brought Arctic security issues to the fore and encouraged the Nordic nations to adopt a more united stance in relation to Arctic security. While the book largely concentrates on military-focused and state-centric security, it also considers alternative strategies, including human and environmental security, as well as the link between different types of security and safety in the Arctic.
This book is an enlightening read for scholars engaged in Arctic affairs, geopolitics, the Nordic countries, the EU and NATO. The discussions and topics tackled are also directly relevant for officials working on Arctic governance issues and international negotiations.
Contents
Contents
1 The Nordic states and Arctic security: a new Nordic
balance or torn between the European Union and NATO? 1
Andreas Raspotnik and Andreas Østhagen
2 Spotlighting the Kingdom: Greenland, Denmark and
the Arctic turns of the EU and NATO 16
Lin Alexandra Mortensgaard and Lise Wiederholt
Christensen
3 Finland in the Arctic: from détente to defence 35
Sanna Kopra and Harri Mikkola
4 In and of the Arctic: security in Iceland 50
Silja Bára Ómarsdóttir and Guðbjörg Ríkey Th.
Hauksdóttir
5 Norway's delicate Arctic balancing act 71
Andreas Østhagen and Iselin Németh Winther
6 Sweden's Arctic priorities: balancing domestic,
European Union, and NATO expectations 92
Nima Khorrami and Jason C. Moyer
7 Choose your own adventure: the European Union and
Arctic security? 111
Andreas Raspotnik and Gabriella Gricius
8 NATO in the Arctic: misunderstood and misrepresented 132
Alina Bykova, Paal Sigurd Hilde, Duncan Depledge,
Andreas Østhagen and P. Whitney Lackenbauer
