This first English-language study of its kind examines the problems, benefits, and prospects for the future faced by Norway as an oil-producing nation; its emphasis is on foreign policy. Mr. Ausland discusses oil prices, profits, and the pace of production; Norway's dilemma vis-à-vis OPEC and the IEA; and the foreign policy problems raised by the location of its main oil fields. He specifically addresses the prospects of oil in the Barents Sea, where Norway finds itself caught between the great powers, and concludes with an analysis of the implications of oil for crisis management.

With the accelerated Soviet buildup of its Baltic fleet, the development of Soviet bases on the Kola Peninsula, and the related expansion of Allied forces, Scandinavia has once again become a potential theater of war. Looking at the strategic implications of the Soviet threat in northern Europe and possible NATO responses, the author examines the competitive activities of intelligence services; the interactions among the media, public opinion, and politics; problems of arms control; efforts to stop the export of sensitive technology; and the phenomenon of peacetime military exercises. But...