Nato'nun Yüksek Kuzey'deki Rolü Ve Yetenekleri

Yıl 2024, Cilt: 13 Sayı: Özel Sayı, 112 - 128, 10.10.2024

Özgür Demirayak , Davut Ateş

Öz

Rusya’nın 24 Şubat 2022’de Ukrayna’yı işgali, NATO’nun savunma ve caydırıcılık kapasitesi üzerinde önemli değişimler ortaya çıkarmıştır. Rusya’nın Ukrayna’yı işgaline kadar, NATO tarafından yeteri kadar önem verilmeyen Arktik Bölgesi, bu işgal ile birlikte NATO açısından dikkat edilmesi gereken bir bölge haline gelmiştir. Rusya’nın bölgedeki askeri varlığı, NATO tarafından tehdit olarak algılanmış, bundan dolayı bölgedeki askeri kapasitesini arttırma yoluna gitmiştir. Rusya’nın Ukrayna işgali, Arktik Bölgesi’ni işbirliğinin ortadan kalktığı, çatışma potansiyelinin ön plana çıktığı bir bölge haline getirmiştir. Yakın zamanda bunun değişmesi mümkün görünmemektedir. Bu makale, NATO’nun Arktik politikaları ve stratejileri ile kara, hava ve deniz unsurları açısından Arktik’teki askeri yeteneklerinin ne olduğu konusuna yoğunlaşarak, devam eden Ukrayna savaşının bunlara etkisini incelemektedir. Makalenin metodolojisi, nitel araştırma yöntemlerinden doküman incelemesine dayanmaktadır. Bu kapsamda akademik makaleler, strateji belgeleri, NATO raporları ve resmi kurumların yayınları incelenmiş ve analiz edilmiştir. Makale, Rusya’nın Ukrayna’yı işgali sonrasında NATO’nun Arktik Bölgesi’ndeki artan askeri varlığını ortaya koymaktadır. Arktik Bölgesi’ndeki NATO ülkeleri bireysel olarak bölgedeki savunma ve caydırıcılık kapasitesini arttırsa da, tam olarak bir bütünlük oluşturamamakta ve birbirlerinin açıklarını ortadan kaldırmamaktadır. Dolayısıyla, NATO’nun Arktik Bölgesi’nde Rusya’ya karşı şimdilik mutlak bir üstünlüğünden bahsetmek mümkün görülmemektedir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Arktik, NATO, Rusya

Etik Beyan

BU MAKALE "SOĞUK SAVAŞ SONRASI DEĞİŞEN ARKTİK GÜVENLİĞİ VE NATO’NUN YAKLAŞIMI: RİSKLER VE ZORLUKLAR" TEZDEN TÜRETİLMİŞTİR.

NATO’s Role and Capabilities in the High North

Öz

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022 brought about significant changes in NATO’s defence and deterrence capasity. The Arctic Region, which was not given sufficient importance by NATO until Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has become a region that requires attention for NATO. Russia’s military presence in the region was perceived as a threat by NATO, so it sought to increase its military capacity in the region. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has turned the Arctic Region into a region where cooparation has disappeared and conflict potential has come to the fore. It does not seem possible fort his to change in the near future. This article focuses on NATO’s Arctic policies and strategies and its military capabilities in the Arctic in terms of land, air and sea elements, and examines the impact of the ongoing Ukrainian war on them. The methodology of the article is based on document analysis, one of the qualitative research methods. In this contex, academic articles, strategy documents, NATO reports and publications of official institutions were examined and analyzed. The article reveals NATO’s increased military presence in the Arctic following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Although NATO countries in the Arctic Region individually increase their defence and deterrence capacity in the region, they can not fully form a unite and eliminate each other’s vulnerabilities. Therefore, it is not possible to talk about NATO’s absulate superiority over Russia in the Arctic Region for now.

Anahtar Kelimeler

Arctik, NATO, Russia

Kaynakça

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