The Influence of Sub-state Actors on National Security Using Military Bases to Forge Autonomy /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Takahashi, Minori (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Springer Polar Sciences,
• Subjects: Environmental policy.; Security, International.; Climate change.; Europe-Politics and government.; Political theory.; Environmental Politics.; International Security Studies.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; European Politics.; Political Theory.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Political Stability of Military Bases in Democratic States: The Issues of Vulnerability and Hold-Up
• Chapter 2: Autonomy and Security: Greenland's Right to Self-determination and the Thule Air Base
• Chapter 3: The Change in the US Interests regarding Greenland: The Diversification of the Value of the Thule Air Base and An Increase in its "Vulnerability"
• Chapter 4: Russia's Security Strategy and Military Buildup in the Arctic
• Chapter 5: Okinawa
• Chapter 6: Philippines Conclusion. .