Cold Water Politics: The Maritime Strategy and Geopolitics of the Northern FrontThe Northern waters of Europe and the Soviet Union have been described as the naval battleground of any future superpower conflict. The increased US-Soviet interest in mobile and concealed weapon platforms has led to heightened interest in these waters. Cold Water Politics surveys recent strategy policies and military planning of the superpowers in the region. Ola Tunander looks at the long-term geopolitical consequences for global peace and security, as well as for the Scandinavian Peninsula and the Northern waters. |
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Geopolitics of Northern Europe | 11 |
Brief Historical Review | 25 |
The Maritime Strategy and the Northern Front | 35 |
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According Agrell aircraft ambiguous anti-SSBN assumed Atlantic SLOC attack submarines Baltic Barents Sea blocs bomber Børresen carrier battle groups Central Front Cohen conflict conventional credibility crisis cruise missiles defence zone deployed deployment deterrence doctrine exercises Finland forward geographic geopolitical GIUK Gap Greenland grey zone hierarchy of fronts important interpreted Johan Jørgen Holst Kola bases Kola Peninsula Lehman Maritime Strategy MccGwire 1987a Mearsheimer military activity Moscow NATO naval forces Navy neutrality Nordic countries Nordic region North Northern Europe Northern Front Northern seas Northern waters Norway Norwegian Sea nuclear weapons offensive operations peacetime political possible pre-emptive presupposes probably Reagan Administration restraint risk Scandinavian scenario sea areas sea control security policy signal SLCMs Soviet activity Soviet interest Soviet SSBNs Soviet submarine Soviet Union SSBN bastion SSBNs Stefanick 1987 Studeman submarine activity superpower Svalbard Sweden Swedish neutrality Swedish territory Third World threat US-Soviet vulnerable Watkins weapon systems Western Europe