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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.
                                    
                                     
				
