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Exploring a Nexus of National and Human Security: Food and Energy Challenges in the U.S. Arctic
By:
Cameron D. Carlson,
Troy J. Bouffard,
Dana Woodward
Outlet:
Journal of Human Security Date:
September 01, 2020
Cameron D. Carlson,
Troy J. Bouffard,
Dana Woodward
Outlet:
Journal of Human Security Date:
September 01, 2020
Changes in the U.S. Arctic are challenging both the national and human security dynamics
of the region. Historically, the region’s significance had been defined by national
security concerns, but the emerging concept of human security has come to provide
a useful framework through which to define and demonstrate the nexus between the two.
This paper provides an overview of the relationship between national and human security
and the concerns shared by individuals working in both areas, with a more narrowed
focus on the interrelated issues of both food and energy security within the U.S.
Arctic. Considering the substantial overlap of aspects of food and energy on both
national as well as human security, an analysis of the relationships involving each
provides meaningful and extended context of the term “security” for the Arctic region.