{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Eastern European and Transatlantic Network","provider_url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn","author_name":"Bogdan Koutsenko","author_url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/author\/bogdankoutsenko\/","title":"Regional Security Complex Theory: A Critical Approach to the Arctic - Eastern European and Transatlantic Network","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"2t4lZOv9Pt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/2025\/regional-security-complex-theory-a-critical-approach-to-the-arctic\/\">Regional Security Complex Theory: \nA Critical Approach to the Arctic<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/2025\/regional-security-complex-theory-a-critical-approach-to-the-arctic\/embed\/#?secret=2t4lZOv9Pt\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Regional Security Complex Theory: \nA Critical Approach to the Arctic&#8221; &#8212; Eastern European and Transatlantic Network\" data-secret=\"2t4lZOv9Pt\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/carleton.ca\/eetn\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"Regional security complex theory (RSCT) is a critical approach to International Relations, which saw one of its first applications to Arctic policy as early as 2008, when the Norwegian defense analyst Kristian Atland used it to evaluate Mikhail Gorbachev\u2019s 1987 Murmansk Speech. In his paper, Atland argues that, through his speech, Gorbachev endeavored to de-securitize [&hellip;]"}