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Traditionally, the north-western region of Europe has been viewed as a flank area from the point of view of the central front. Contingencies like a ‘Finnmark-grab’ or other limited war scenarios dominated security thinking during the 1960s and 1970s. However, during the 1980s the north and the centre increasingly have come to be considered as an integral theatre from the point of view of military planning. Limited war and fait accompli scenarios have receded somewhat. Developments in military technology, renewed attention to the problems of trans-Atlantic reinforcements and changed maritime perspectives have led to a more holistic approach.
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For further elaboration, see Johan Jørgen Holst, ‘The Pattern of Nordic Security’, Daedalus, 113 (2), Spring 1984: 195–225;
Johan Jørgen Holst (ed.), Five Roads to Nordic Security (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1973);
Erling Bjøl, ‘Nordic Security’, Adelphi Papers (181) (London: International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1983).
For an elaboration of the concept, see Arne Olav Brundtland, ‘The Nordic Balance and its Possible Relevance for Europe’, in Daniel Frei (ed.), Sicherheit durch Gleichgewicht? (Zurich: Schulters Polygraphischer Verlag, 1982) pp. 119–38.
For further elaboration, see Chapter 5 in Johan Jørgen Holst, Kenneth Hunt and Anders Sjaastad (eds), Deterrence and Defense in the North (Oslo: Norwegian University Press, 1985) pp. 93–132,
as well as Chapters 2 and 3 in Johan Jørgen Holst og Daniel Heradstveit (red.) Norsk Utenrikspolitikk (Oslo: Tano, 1985) pp. 33–76.
For background, see Christoph Bertram and Johan Jørgen Holst (eds), New Strategic Factors in the North Atlantic (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1977).
The issues are put in the context of the overall policy design in Johan Jørgen Holst, ‘Norway’s Search for a Nordpolitikk’, Foreign Affairs, 60(1), 1981: 63–81.
A very good discussion of the ASW problem is Donald C. Daniel, Anti-submarine Warfare and Superpower Strategic Stability (London: Macmillan, for the International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1986).
Johan Jørgen Holst, ‘A Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Nordic Area: Conditions and Options — A Norwegian View’, Bulletin of Peace Proposals, 14(3) 1983: 227–38;
Johan Jørgen Holst, ‘En atomvàpenfri sone i nordisk omrade’, Nytt Norsk Tidsskrift, 2(2), 1985: 97–104.
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Holst, J.J. (1988). The Security Pattern in Northern Europe: A Norwegian View. In: Till, G. (eds) Britain and NATO’s Northern Flank. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09431-8_3
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