Lon Strauss is an associate professor of Military History at the US Marine Corps Command and Staff College.

Njord Wegge is a professor of Political Science at the Norwegian Defence University College/Norwegian Military Academy.

INTRODUCTION 1. Security and Defense of NATO's Northern Flank: An Introduction SECTION I: SECURITY, POWER-PROJECTION AND OPERATIONS ON NATO'S NORTHERN FLANK 2. The Strategic Challenge of Expeditionary Warfare and The Defense of NATO's Northern Flank 3. A Defense Dilemma and a possible Security Dilemma. Norway, the United States, and the Defense of Northern Norway, 1960-1980 4. The Russian Way of Regular Warfare and the Arctic 5. National Security Interests of Russia's Northern Sea Route: Additional Elements of Domestic and International Importance 6. NATO, Doctrines, and the Arctic 7. Norwegian Problems of Confidence Building: Geopolitical Exposure and Military Vulnerabilities in the High North SECTION II: STRATEGIC INTERESTS AND THE ARCTIC 8. U.S. National Strategy in the Arctic 9. Integrated Naval Deterrence in the Arctic: Deterring Russian Aggression through US-Norwegian Cooperation 11. Special Operations Forces in the Arctic: From Heroes to Zeroes? SECTION III: NATO'S NORTHERN FLANK STATES 12. Norway's Strategic Role and Interests at NATO's Northern Flank: Finding a New Balance? 13. Finnish and Swedish NATO Membership: What Does it Hold for the Arctic? 14. A Kingdom Divided Against Itself: The Kingdom of Denmark and the Rise of Arctic Security Dynamics 15. The United Kingdom as a Near-Arctic State and Essential Regional Security Ally