The Arctic security region: misconceptions and contradictions

IF 2 Q3 GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL Polar Geography Pub Date : 2021-01-02 DOI:10.1080/1088937X.2021.1881645
Andreas Østhagen
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ABSTRACT The security interests of Arctic states are increasingly described as intertwined. The Arctic is seen either as a region where great power rivalries or resource wars are likely, or as a part of the world defined by cooperative traits and shared security interests. These depictions often implicitly lean on notions of a security region and regionalism, albeit without utilizing such frameworks to unpack security interactions in the Arctic. An increasing number of Arctic-focused scholars refer to the Arctic as a region in terms of security interests, but is this really the case if we make use of the different ways a security region has been outlined as an analytical tool? Leaning on different levels of analysis, this article questions several assumptions underpinning recent work on military security in the Arctic, advancing our understanding of security dynamics in the north and adding to our knowledge of security regions as a concept within international studies. It is argued that descriptions of the Arctic as a new security region are based on mixing and equating two distinct features of the region: the changing climate and related increases in economic ventures; and Russia’s military build-up and regional hegemony.
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北极安全地区:误解和矛盾
北极国家的安全利益日益被描述为相互交织的。北极要么被视为可能发生大国竞争或资源战争的地区,要么被视为以合作特征和共同安全利益为特征的世界的一部分。这些描述往往含蓄地依赖于安全区域和地区主义的概念,尽管没有利用这样的框架来解读北极的安全互动。越来越多关注北极的学者从安全利益的角度将北极称为一个地区,但如果我们利用安全地区作为分析工具的不同方式,情况真的如此吗?借助不同层次的分析,本文质疑了支撑近期北极军事安全工作的几个假设,促进了我们对北方安全动态的理解,并增加了我们对安全区域作为国际研究概念的认识。有人认为,将北极作为一个新的安全区域的描述是基于混合和等同该地区的两个截然不同的特征:气候变化和相关的经济风险增加;以及俄罗斯的军事建设和地区霸权。
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Polar Geography
Polar Geography GEOGRAPHY, PHYSICAL-
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期刊介绍: Polar Geographyis a quarterly publication that offers a venue for scholarly research on the physical and human aspects of the Polar Regions. The journal seeks to address the component interplay of the natural systems, the complex historical, political, economic, cultural, diplomatic, and security issues, and the interchange amongst them. As such, the journal welcomes comparative approaches, critical scholarship, and alternative and disparate perspectives from around the globe. The journal offers scientists a venue for publishing longer papers such as might result from distillation of a thesis, or review papers that place in global context results from coordinated national and international efforts currently underway in both Polar Regions.
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