Overview
- Extrapolates the policy choices of subnational actors affecting the interaction between the US politics and the politics of the countries hosting them
- Illuminates how the local voice manifests itself and functions in the various political aspects
- Provides and evaluation of the nexus between the emergence of Cold-War-like power relations in the post-Cold War
Part of the book series: Springer Polar Sciences (SPPS)
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This book sheds light on the process in which the sub-state actor of Greenland has expanded its autonomy and strengthened its de jure participation in the national security of Denmark. By focusing on the case of the US Thule Air Base in Greenland, the largest military base in the Arctic, the authors endeavor to show that in the relationship between great powers, small countries and local actors within them, it is possible for local actors (sub-national entities) to have an influence on higher-level actors in the field of diplomacy on the national security level. For that purpose, the book examines political trends involving Greenland, Denmark, the US and Russia by using the multilateral multi-archive approach. The authors also take up the cases of Okinawa (Japan) and Olongapo (the Philippines) as reference points that provide additional insight into the interaction between the US policy regarding overseas military bases and the host countries’ polities.
The competition involving political and economic interests of a number of countries in the Arctic region has been intensifying in recent years, causing significant concern in the international community. Due to the accelerated melting of sea ice and the increase in the accessibility of natural resources and water lanes, the security situation in the Arctic has been changing rapidly, and this book helps meet the need for understanding the political and military factors behind those changes.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Influence of Sub-state Actors on National Security
Book Subtitle: Using Military Bases to Forge Autonomy
Editors: Minori Takahashi
Series Title: Springer Polar Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-01677-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-01676-0Published: 25 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-01677-7Published: 14 January 2019
Series ISSN: 2510-0475
Series E-ISSN: 2510-0483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 140
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: Environmental Politics, International Security Studies, Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts, European Politics, Political Theory