Hawks in The High North: The emerging Nordic cluster in NATO
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.506 | Journal eISSN: 2596-3856
Language: English
Page range: 395 - 414
Submitted on: Oct 31, 2025
Accepted on: Jun 19, 2026
Published on: Jul 15, 2026
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