A COOPERATIVE SPACE STRATEGY FOR THE ARCTIC: POLICY, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF POLAR GREAT POWER COMPETITION

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dc.contributor.advisorMoltz, James C.
dc.contributor.authorStokes, Nathan B.
dc.contributor.departmentSpace Systems Academic Group (SP)
dc.contributor.secondreaderTackett, Stephen H.
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-27T01:38:14Z
dc.date.available2021-08-27T01:38:14Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.description.abstractThe Arctic is an emerging theater of strategic importance. Opening sea lines of communication and increased access to Arctic resources are forcing U.S. strategic planners and decision makers to address regional challenges. The reemergence of polar great power competition, coupled with rapid climate change, has drastically altered the strategic demand for space capabilities within the region. This thesis explored how the United States might benefit from a cooperative space strategy for the Arctic and whether the United States must build collaborative space capacity within the Arctic to achieve its stated strategic objectives within the region. While U.S. strategists have presented a clear case for strategic engagement and cooperation in the High North, the United States currently lacks a comprehensive Arctic strategy for space that encompasses the challenges, opportunities, and existing capabilities and gaps of U.S. allies and partners in the region related to the space domain. Although U.S. Arctic strategies have consistently highlighted the fundamental necessity to enhance Arctic domain awareness and the political and geostrategic challenges that the United States faces within the Arctic region, these strategies lack an overarching framework for allied and partner space cooperation to achieve these effects. This thesis investigates how the United States builds allied and partner space cooperation in the Arctic to reinforce U.S. strategic interests in the region.en_US
dc.description.distributionstatementApproved for public release. Distribution is unlimited.en_US
dc.description.serviceMajor, United States Marine Corpsen_US
dc.identifier.curriculumcode366, Space Systems Operations
dc.identifier.thesisid32807
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10945/67820
dc.publisherMonterey, CA; Naval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
dc.rightsThis publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.en_US
dc.subject.authorCanadaen_US
dc.subject.authorDenmarken_US
dc.subject.authorFinlanden_US
dc.subject.authorIcelanden_US
dc.subject.authorNorwayen_US
dc.subject.authorRussiaen_US
dc.subject.authorSwedenen_US
dc.subject.authorUnited Statesen_US
dc.subject.authorArcticen_US
dc.subject.authornationalen_US
dc.subject.authorsecurityen_US
dc.subject.authorspaceen_US
dc.subject.authorstrategyen_US
dc.subject.authorinternationalen_US
dc.subject.authorcooperationen_US
dc.subject.authorcooperateen_US
dc.subject.authorcollaborationen_US
dc.subject.authorcollaborateen_US
dc.subject.authorcollaborativeen_US
dc.subject.authormilitaryen_US
dc.subject.authorcomprehensiveen_US
dc.subject.authorcoalitionen_US
dc.subject.authoralliesen_US
dc.subject.authorallyen_US
dc.subject.authorintergovernmentalen_US
dc.subject.authorbilateralen_US
dc.subject.authormultilateralen_US
dc.subject.authorNATOen_US
dc.subject.authorNordicen_US
dc.subject.authorNORDEFCOen_US
dc.subject.authorNORADen_US
dc.subject.authorSATCOMen_US
dc.subject.authorISRen_US
dc.subject.authorPNTen_US
dc.subject.authordefenseen_US
dc.subject.authorsatelliteen_US
dc.subject.authorlaunchen_US
dc.subject.authorpolicyen_US
dc.subject.authorSSAen_US
dc.subject.authorpolaren_US
dc.subject.authorgreaten_US
dc.subject.authorpoweren_US
dc.subject.authorcompetitionen_US
dc.subject.authorChinaen_US
dc.subject.authorGreenlanden_US
dc.subject.authorhighen_US
dc.subject.authorlatitudeen_US
dc.subject.authorMolniyaen_US
dc.subject.authorellipticalen_US
dc.subject.authororbiten_US
dc.subject.authornorthen_US
dc.titleA COOPERATIVE SPACE STRATEGY FOR THE ARCTIC: POLICY, STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF POLAR GREAT POWER COMPETITIONen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dspace.entity.typePublication
etd.thesisdegree.disciplineSpace Systems Operationsen_US
etd.thesisdegree.grantorNaval Postgraduate Schoolen_US
etd.thesisdegree.levelMastersen_US
etd.thesisdegree.nameMaster of Science in Space Systems Operationsen_US
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