Security of Iceland and the Arctic 2030

With nearly five decades of research and military experience in the Arctic, Robert Wheelersburg is uniquely prepared to discuss security policy in the Nordic and North Atlantic Regions.  He holds a Ph.D. from Brown University in Anthropology and Circumpolar Studies and has conducted fieldwork among Saami reindeer herders in Sweden and Russia (Kola Peninsula) for over twenty years, along with fieldwork and archival work in Denmark, Iceland, and Finland for nearly thirty years.  Dr. Wheelersburg received three Fulbright Scholarships; two to Umea University's Arctic and Saami Studies Departments and one to the University of Iceland's Centre for Arctic Policy Studies.  He has obtained several grants to conduct his research including funding from such organizations as the U.S. National Science Foundation's Arctic Social Science Program and the American Scandinavian Foundation, publishing several articles in journals like Arctic Anthropology, Polar Geography, Arctic, and Polar Record.  Dr. Wheelersburg also served as a U.S. Army officer assigned to NATO as an intelligence, civil military operations, and disaster assistance liaison officer for twenty five years, performing duty in northern Germany, Iceland (as a member of the Icelandic Defence Force), and as an exchange officer with the Swedish Rangers.

• Preface.- Chapter 1. Introduction and Setting the Stage for Arctic Security.- Chapter 2. Comparative Security Policy in the North Atlantic.- Chapter 3. Academic insecurity – scholarly failure to address future Arctic security.- Chapter 4. North Atlantic Small State Security – the West Nordic Security Zone.- Chapter 5. Recommendation for an Icelandic Security Force – 2025.- Chapter 6. Future Icelandic Sub-strategic Security Scenarios – 2025.- Chapter 7. Icelandic Attitudes and Legal Framework Involving Security.- Chapter 8. Conclusion – Icelandic Security Ramifications.