WORKING PAPER - Nuclear Receptivity on the Frontline: Analysis of Norwegian Nuclear Allergy

To capture the effect of physical distances among different entities on their relations, various but similar concepts have been suggested: the First Law of Geography,16 the principle of the loss-of-strength gradient,17 and the gravity model.18 In geopolitics, it is almost a truism that the effect of force is in inverse proportion to the distance from its power source.19 In this context, Stephen Wa. [...] Norwegian strategists recognized their state standing on the frontline.28 In the immediate postwar period Norway became a border state with the Soviet Union in a sudden and abrupt way, when Finland made the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation, and Mutual Assistance with the Soviet Union in 1948 and yielded its northernmost territory bordering the Barents Sea, including the ice-free port of Petsamo (. [...] Norwegian Defense Minister Holst criticized the report as flawed and distorted, since it did not appreciate the role of the Nordic Balance and the low tension in the region.50 The United States was indignant, when Norway took its time to answer its request in 1987 to establish Forward Operating Locations (FOLs) for logistic support to the U. [...] Eisenhower made a comment that on the issue of the possible stationing of tactical air units in Norway and Denmark the Danes were “anxiously looking to Norway to lead the way.” Berdal, The United States, Norway and the Cold War, 1954–60, 134. [...] Soon after the initial introduction, the nuclearization project in Korea was expanded.77 In contrast to the case of Norway, conflict between South Korea and the United States occurred mostly because of the former’s acute sense of insecurity.