NATO and the North Atlantic

This Whitehall Paper examines how NATO can maintain and sustain maritime supremacy in the North Atlantic in an increasingly complex, contested and challenging environment, presenting multiple views of how NATO members can respond both politically and militarily.

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The book analyses the renewed importance of the North Atlantic for NATO in the face of new security challenges

This Whitehall Paper explores the renewed importance of the North Atlantic Ocean to NATO‘s security through the lenses of the United States, United Kingdom and Norway in particular. These three NATO members form the territorial rim around the North Atlantic and its peripheral seas. All are maritime nations that have historically taken prime responsibility for security in the region and together with Iceland they form the front line to a resurgent Russian maritime capability. These three counties, with support from the rest of the northern region, must take the lead to ensure that NATO and its partners devote sufficient resources to this aspect of NATO‘s area of responsibility.