Iceland's Security Identity Dilemma: The End of a U.S. Military Presence

In: The Fletcher forum of world affairs, Band 31, Heft 1

Abstract

In September 2006, the U.S. military withdrew its last troops from Iceland, ending a 55-year presence and leaving Iceland -- without a military of its own -- the sole country in NATO without territorial defense. Iceland is now in a transition phase, the end of which is not yet clear. In the process, Iceland is reexamining its security and institutional ties to Europe and the United States and reevaluating the basis of its foreign policy. Adapted from the source document.