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The North Atlantic continues to be an area of international strategic significance regionally and globally. This study explores the strong processes of sovereignty, as well as new independent states and micro-proto-states that are forming in the region.

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1.Introduction; Lassi Heininen and Rasmus Gjedss› Bertelsen 2. Managing devolution and withdrawal: Denmark and the North Atlantic 1800-2100; Rasmus Gjedss› Bertelsen 3. Icelandic security in a changing regional and geopolitical seascape: limited capabilities and growing responsibilities; Gustav Pétursson 4. Greenlandic Paradiplomatic Relations; Maria Ackrén 5. The USA in the Arctic: Superpower or Spectator?; Michael Corgan 6. Russian military strategies in the High North; Valery Konyshev and Professor Alexander Sergunin 7. The European Union´s Arctic Strategy(ies): the Good and/or the Evil?; Sandra Maria Rodrigues BalÆo

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Maria Ackrén, University of Greenland, Greenland Sandra Maria Rodrigues BalÆo, University of Lisbon, Portugal Rasmus Gjedss› Bertelsen, Aalborg University, Denmark Michael Corgan, Boston University, USA Valery Konyshev, St. Petersburg State University, Russia Gustav Pétursson, University of Lapland, Finland Alexander Sergunin, St. Petersburg State University, Russia

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