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Title Arctic security in an age of climate change / edited by James Kraska
Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011
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Description 1 online resource (xxvii, 312 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Contents Foreword: Arctic futures : the politics of transformation / Oran R. Young -- Introduction: Circumpolar perspectives. Arctic security : the indirect approach / Franklyn Griffiths -- Challenges and security issues of Arctic marine transport / Lawson Brigham -- Arctic meltdown and its implications for shipping and ports in Asia / Joshua Ho -- European security interests in the Arctic. Arctic security and Norway / Rolf Tamnes -- Norway and the Arctic : between multilateral governance and geopolitics / Geir Flikke -- Military aspects of Russia's policy : hard power and natural resources / Katarzyna Zysk -- Next geographical pivot : the Russian Arctic in the twenty-first century / Caitlyn Antrim -- Rise of the Arctic on the global stage / Pauli Järvenpää, Tomas Ries -- Arctic challenge to Danish foreign and security policy / Nikolaj Petersen -- Arctic security : a Greenland perspective / Adam Worm -- Territorial discourses and identity politics : Iceland's role in the Arctic / Valur Ingimundarson -- North American security interests in the Arctic. Canada's security and foreign policy in the Arctic / Robert Huebert -- Polar race or polar saga? Canada and the circumpolar world / Whitney Lackenbauer -- New Arctic geography and U.S. strategy / James Kraska -- Arctic security considerations and the U.S. Navy's "Arctic Roadmap" / David W. Titley, Courtney St John
Summary "This is the first book to examine Arctic defense policy and military security from the perspective of all eight Arctic states"--Provided by publisher
"This is the first book to examine Arctic defense policy and military security from the perspective of all eight Arctic states. In light of climate change and melting ice in the Arctic Ocean, Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), Norway, and the United States, as well as Iceland, Sweden, and Finland, are grappling with an emerging Arctic security paradigm. This volume brings together the world's most seasoned Arctic political-military experts from Europe and North America to analyze how Arctic nations are adapting their security postures to accommodate increased shipping, expanding naval presence, and energy and mineral development in the polar region. The book analyzes the ascent of Russia as the first "Arctic superpower," the growing importance of polar security for NATO and the Nordic states, and the increasing role of Canada and the United States in the region"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Security, International -- Arctic regions
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
Military policy
Security, International
Strategic aspects of individual places
Sicherheitspolitik
Klimaänderung.
Sicherheit.
Geopolitik.
Schutz.
SUBJECT Arctic regions -- Military policy
Arctic regions -- Strategic aspects. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85006964
Subject Arctic Regions
Arktis
Arktis.
Norwegen.
Kanada.
Russland.
USA.
Form Electronic book
Author Kraska, James
ISBN 9781139101714
1139101714
9780511994784
0511994788
9781139101059
1139101056
1283341921
9781283341929
9781139099714
113909971X