The first book to examine Arctic defense policy and military security from the perspective of all eight Arctic states.

Part I. Introduction - Circumpolar Perspectives: 1. Arctic security: the indirect approach Franklyn Griffiths; 2. The challenges and security issues of Arctic marine transport Lawson Brigham; 3. Arctic meltdown and its implications for shipping and ports in Asia Joshua Ho; Part II. European Security Interests in the Arctic: 4. Arctic security and Norway Rolf Tamnes; 5. Norway and the Arctic: between multilateral governance and geopolitics Geir Flikke; 6. Military aspects of Russia's policy: hard power and natural resources Katarzyna Zysk; 7. The next geographical pivot: the Russian Arctic in the twenty-first century Caitlyn Antrim; 8. The rise of the Arctic on the global stage Pauli Järvenpää and Tomas Ries; 9. The Arctic challenge to Danish foreign and security policy Nikolaj Petersen; 10. Arctic security - a Greenland perspective Adam Worm; 11. Territorial discourses and identity politics: Iceland's role in the Arctic Valur Ingimundarson; Part III. North American Security Interests in the Arctic: 12. Canada's security and foreign policy in the Arctic Robert Huebert; 13. Polar race or polar saga? Canada and the circumpolar world Whitney Lackenbauer; 14. American security in the Arctic James Kraska; 15. Arctic security considerations and the US Navy's roadmap for the Arctic David W. Titley and Courtney St John.