ABSTRACT Geography alone will continue to ensure that, as long as the United States and Russia place nuclear deterrence at the centre of their security strategies, both offensive and defensive systems will be deployed in the Arctic. As changing climate conditions also bring more immediate regional security concerns to the fore, and even as east-west relations deteriorate, the Arctic still continues to develop as an international “security community” in which there are reliable expectations that states will continue to settle disputes by peaceful means and in accordance with international law. In keeping with, and seeking to reinforce, those expectations, the denuclearization of the Arctic has been an enduring aspiration of indigenous communities and of the people of Arctic states more broadly, even though the challenges are daunting, given that two members of that community command well over 90% of global nuclear arsenals. The vision of an Arctic nuclear-weapon-free zone nevertheless persists, and with that vision comes an imperative to promote the progressive denuclearization of the Arctic, even if not initially as a formalized nuclear-weapon-free zone, within the context of a broad security cooperation agenda.

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合作安全与北极无核化

只要美国和俄罗斯将核威慑作为其安全战略的中心，仅“地理”本身就将继续确保在北极部署进攻和防御系统。随着不断变化的气候条件也越来越引起人们对地区安全的直接关注，甚至在东西方关系恶化的情况下，北极仍然继续发展成为一个国际“安全共同体”，人们对各州将继续解决争端抱有可靠的期望。通过和平手段并依照国际法。与这些期望保持一致并力求加强，尽管挑战艰巨，但北极无核化一直是土著社区和北极国家人民的持久愿望。鉴于该社区的两名成员指挥着全球90％以上的核武库。尽管如此，北极无核武器区的愿景仍然存在，并且随着这一愿景的到来，即使在最初没有成为正式的无核武器区的情况下，也必须促进北极逐步无核化。安全合作议程。