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 analyzes how Arctic nations are adapting their security postures to accomodate increasted shipping, expanding naval presence, and energy and mineral development in the polar region.

First published 2011.

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.