Defending NATO’s Northern Flank

Lon Strauss is an associate professor of Military History at the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College.Njord Wegge is a professor of Political Science at the Norwegian Defence University College/Norwegian Military Academy.

• INTRODUCTION 1. Security and Defense of NATO’s Northern Flank: An Introduction SECTION I: SECURITY, POWER-PROJECTION AND OPERATIONS ON NATO’S NORTHERN FLANK 2. The Strategic Challenge of Expeditionary Warfare and The Defense of NATO’s Northern Flank 3. A Defense Dilemma and a possible Security Dilemma. Norway, the United States, and the Defense of Northern Norway, 1960–1980 4. The Russian Way of Regular Warfare and the Arctic 5. National Security Interests of Russia’s Northern Sea Route: Additional Elements of Domestic and International Importance 6. NATO, Doctrines, and the Arctic 7. Norwegian Problems of Confidence Building: Geopolitical Exposure and Military Vulnerabilities in the High North SECTION II: STRATEGIC INTERESTS AND THE ARCTIC 8. U.S. National Strategy in the Arctic 9. Integrated Naval Deterrence in the Arctic: Deterring Russian Aggression through US-Norwegian Cooperation 10. Operationalizing Joint Force Capabilities and Priorities for Growing Problem Sets in the Arctic Region 11. Special Operations Forces in the Arctic: From Heroes to Zeroes? SECTION III: NATO’S NORTHERN FLANK STATES 12. Norway’s Strategic Role and Interests at NATO’s Northern Flank: Finding a New Balance? 13. Finnish and Swedish NATO Membership: What Does it Hold for the Arctic? 14. A Kingdom Divided Against Itself: The Kingdom of Denmark and the Rise of Arctic Security Dynamics 15. The United Kingdom as a Near-Arctic State and Essential Regional Security Ally