NATO’s Securitisation of Climate Change in the Arctic

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Güvenlik Stratejileri Dergisi
Volume:20 Issue:47
NATO’s Securitisation of Climate Change in the Arctic

NATO’s Securitisation of Climate Change in the Arctic

Authors : Sevgi Balkan Şahin, Özge Çetiner

Pages : 83-98

Doi:10.17752/guvenlikstrtj.1430911

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Publication Date : 2024-04-26

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :This study analyses how and why the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) securitises climate change in the Arctic. The study recognises that climate change has not only endangered the environmental security of the Arctic but has also intensified geopolitical competition over the region’s resources and trade routes as a threat multiplier. Regarding the impact of the changing structure of the region from the “cooperation front” to the “competition area”, the study reveals that NATO considers climate change as a part of the collective defence dimension of its organizational identity, along with increasing geopolitical competition, to develop an integrated approach in its Arctic policy. Drawing on the Copenhagen School and social constructivism, the study presents that NATO resorts to securitisation discourses that concretise the threat to address climate change within the scope of its organizational identity.
Keywords : NATO, İklim Değişikliği, Sosyal İnşacılık, Kopenhag Okulu, Örgütsel Kimlik

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