The security of Iceland and the Arctic 2030 : a recommendation for increased geopolitical stability / Robert P. Wheelersburg.
Wheelersburg, Robert P. (Robert Patrick), 1955-
2022
UA646.5.I2
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Title
The security of Iceland and the Arctic 2030 : a recommendation for increased geopolitical stability / Robert P. Wheelersburg.
Author
Wheelersburg, Robert P. (Robert Patrick), 1955-
ISBN
9783030899486 (electronic bk.)
3030899489 (electronic bk.)
3030899470
9783030899479
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89948-6
Publication Details
Cham, Switzerland : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-89948-6 doi
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UA646.5.I2
Dewey Decimal Classification
355/.03354912
Summary
This book outlines a recommended Icelandic security force as part of the countrys defence against sub-strategic threats such as human trafficking by criminals or border incursions by other states. It also tests the recommended security force through the development of four different hypothetical scenarios in the year 2030 designed to show the forces successful implementation. Melting of the Arctic ice pack, and the opening of the Transpolar Sea Route around 2025 could lead to an increase in traffic into the North Atlantic from the Pacific (and vice versa). That movement is predicted to bring a massive influx of tourists, business interests, and government entities into the region. Along with legitimate uses of the new shipping lanes, the opportunity for terrorists, criminals, and rogue states to travel in and around the Arctic could lead to increased smuggling, violence, and sovereignty disputes (i.e., seizing uninhabited terrain). A review of Icelands current security policies indicates that the parliament provided the legal framework to create the recommended security force with the 2016 Parliamentary Resolution establishing a National Security Policy for Iceland. Many scholars and government officials believe that the Iceland public would not support a security force culturally. Yet, recent surveys reveal that many Icelanders could accept a security force to protect them from sub-strategic threats, especially if the increased security could be attained without the intervention of foreign military forces. The recommended security force utilizes Icelandic search-and-rescue volunteers and Reservists to increase the protection of the country funded by its full NATO contribution.
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Springer Polar sciences.
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Preface
Chapter 1. Introduction and Setting the Stage for Arctic Security
Chapter 2. Comparative Security Policy in the North Atlantic
Chapter 3. Academic insecurity scholarly failure to address future Arctic security
Chapter 4. North Atlantic Small State Security the West Nordic Security Zone
Chapter 5. Recommendation for an Icelandic Security Force 2025
Chapter 6. Future Icelandic Sub-strategic Security Scenarios 2025
Chapter 7. Icelandic Attitudes and Legal Framework Involving Security
Chapter 8. Conclusion Icelandic Security Ramifications.

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