Contents: Helga Haftendorn: Germany’s Return to the Global Stage: Continuity and Change in German Security Policy – Rolf Tamnes: Norwegian Foreign and Security Policy: From the Arctic Frontier to the Afghan Battlefield – Michael Paul: Closing Pandora’s Box: Germany, Nuclear Weapons, and Another New START – Kirstin Hemmer Mørkestøl: Cyber: Buzzword or Game Changer? How the Digital Space Affects National and International Security – Geir Flikke: An Arctic Home? The Arctic Policies of Norway and Russia – Annegret Bendiek: Challenges to the Rule of Law: EU-US Counter-Terrorism Cooperation – Alister Miskimmon: Becoming a Responsible Leader? Germany and EU’s Common Foreign and Security Policy – Pernille Rieker: Active Participation Despite Limited Influence: Explaining Norway’s Participation in EU’s Security Policy – Patrick Keller: Germany’s New Role in NATO: Status Quo as Strategy – Paal Sigurd Hilde/Helene Forsland Widerberg: Norway and NATO: The Art of Balancing – Sven Bernhard Gareis: The Bundeswehr in the Post-Cold War International Environment – Lene Ekhaugen/Ida Maria Oma: Norwegian Lead in Afghanistan: A Small State Approach to a Large Commitment – Håkon Lunde Saxi: So Similar, Yet so Different: Explaining Divergence in Nordic Defence Policies – Robin Allers/Rolf Tamnes: Just Do It: Bilateral and Minilateral Cooperation to Invigorate European Security.