Scottish Affairs Committee

Scotland's Role in UK Defence of the North Atlantic and Arctic Amid Rising Geopolitical Tensions

Nicolas Jouan

ResearchPosted on rand.org Apr 4, 2023Published in: UK Parliament Committees website (2023)

This written evidence was produced by Nicolas Jouan, defence and security analyst at RAND Europe — part of the RAND Corporation, a non-profit and non-partisan research institute — with the support of his colleagues James Black and Theodora Ogden. This evidence is an original analysis drawing on the 2021 RAND research on a UK Strategy for the High North conducted by Jouan, Black, and Ogden as well as on a series of other relevant RAND studies on Arctic governance and on great power competition in the region. The aim of this evidence is to analyse the UK's national security priorities in the North Atlantic and the High North and how to develop Scotland's role as an asset in the pursuit of these priorities. Following the terms of references of the inquiry, this written evidence will therefore primarily address these two topics:

  • What are the UK's national security priorities in the North Atlantic and the High North?
  • What role do Scottish-based defence capabilities have in achieving defence and security objectives in the North Atlantic and the High North?
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Document Details

  • Copyright: UK Parliament
  • Availability: Non-RAND
  • Year: 2023
  • Pages: 5
  • Document Number: EP-70027

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