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Combatant Commands

Unified Geographic and Functional Combatant Commands of the United States Department of Defense

Introduction

US Northern Command (USNORTHCOM or NORTHCOM) is headquartered at Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs and one of seven geographical combatant commands of the United States.

Northern Command: About, AOR, Mission/Vision and Strategy (with NORAD)

Northern Command:  A Short History of United States Northern Command (2012)

Presidential Memo:  2020 Unified Command Plan (AOR for Greenland)

Use this page to find selected resources on the study of the US Northern Command and security-related issues in the Arctic and North America including references, books, research reports, articles, journals and websites.

Background Research

Books

To look for an ebook, enter your search terms and click Search:

Print Collection:  Use Online Catalog to find printed book titles at the library, some also available in digital form.

Research Reports

Security Studies on JSTOR is an excellent resource to find research reports from different policy institutes in the field of security studies.  Keyword is the default search in JSTOR with the option to refine results by publication year, content type and subject.  Advanced Search allows more precise searching. 

Below are some reports from this collection:

A variety of quality, open access reports are also available from government and private research organizations.  Important sources include:

Below is a selected list of reports from different research institutions:

Journals

Enter Journal Title to check for full-text availability and coverage periods in all library collections:

Search Terms

There are many research topics for the study of military and security studies. Below is a selected list of search terms that may be helpful to find information on security issues or threats facing the North America:

  • Arctic region
  • Armed conflict
  • Biosecurity
  • Border security
  • Civil rights
  • Climate change
  • Combined operations
  • Counterinsurgency
  • Counterterrorism
  • Corruption
  • Crime
  • Customs
  • Cybercrime
  • Cybersecurity
  • Demographics
  • Deterrence
  • Diplomacy
  • Disasters
  • Drug trafficking
  • Economic dependency
  • Economic development
  • Economic zones
  • Election security
  • Energy security
  • Environmental security
  • Ethnic groups
  • Food security
  • Geopolitics
  • Globalization
  • Great power competition
  • Homeland security
  • Human rights
  • Human security
  • Human trafficking
  • Humanitarian assistance
  • Illegal narcotics
  • Immigration
  • Inequality
  • Infrastructure security
  • International agreements
  • International disputes
  • International security
  • Land development
  • Maritime security
  • Migration
  • Military bases
  • Military spending
  • Mineral resources
  • National security
  • Nationalism
  • Natural resources
  • Nuclear weapons
  • Organized crime
  • Political oppression
  • Political stability
  • Population growth
  • Power projection
  • Racial identity
  • Radicalism
  • Refugees
  • Regional cooperation
  • Resource competition
  • Resource security
  • Security alliances
  • Sea control and routes
  • Social change
  • Sovereignty
  • Infectious diseases
  • Stabilization
  • Terrorism
  • Trade routes
  • Transportation security
  • Urbanization
  • Violent extremism
  • Water disputes / shortages
  • WMD