Changing Dynamics in the Arctic: Actors and Alliances

This book addresses four key questions about contemporary Arctic geopolitics: How do Arctic states view security from a geopolitical perspective?What conditions could re-stabilize Arctic cooperation?What forces have shaped current Arctic dynamics? And what choices could foster future collaboration, innovation, and sustainability in the region?Geopolitical contestation resulting from Russia's invasion of Ukraine has significantly impacted cooperation between Arctic states.The suspension of the Arctic Council under Russia's chairmanship, Finland and Sweden's NATO accession, limited progress under Norway's chairship, increasing militarization in Russian and Nordic Arctic territories, expanding military exercises, and governance challenges under Denmark's new chairship represent the new realities of Arctic geopolitics.Environmental and climate threats emanating from the Arctic, once the primary concern for regional and global states, have been overshadowed by traditional hard security cons