Tag: Arctic

(USA/Arctic) The Department of the Air Force is embarking on two ventures with sweeping implications for the Arctic region

Lt. Gen. Bill Liquori and Iris Ferguson write for Defense News: Few things are easy in Utqiagvik, Alaska. Sandbag barriers hold back the tide of the...

Arctic – Arctic coastal sea ice thinning twice as fast than thought (ESA)

ESA - Arctic coastal sea ice thinning twice as fast than thought

USA/Arctic – US military options to enhance Arctic defense (Brookings)

Timothy Greenhaw, Daniel L. Magruder Jr., Rodrick H. McHaty, and Michael Sinclair Despite all the focus on strategic competition in Europe and Asia, one region of the world...

Arctic – Disaster Diplomacy for Svalbard (Arctic Institute)

Patrizia I. Duda and Ilan Kelman Disaster risks and disasters are important topics for the Arctic, especially where trans- or cross-national disaster risk reduction and response mechanisms...

Russia/Arctic – Moscow Pushing Even More Expansive Claims on Arctic (The Jamestown Foundation)

Paul Goble In advance of Russia’s assumption of the two-year rotating chairmanship of the Arctic Council in May, Moscow is calling on the United Nations...

Arctic – US, allies increase naval, ground groups in Arctic, says Russian Defense Minister (TASS)

According to the Defense Minister, such actions are characteristic not only for this region alone https://tass.com/defense/1277341

Arctic/China – Northern expedition: China’s Arctic ambition and activism (Brookings)

Rush Doshi, Alexis Dale-Huang, and Gaoqi Zhang This report explores China’s internal discourse on the Arctic as well as its activities and ambitions across the region. It...

Canada/China/Arctic – Canada calls out China, climate change as growing concerns in Arctic (Defense News)

David Pugliese British Columbia — Canadian defense leaders have highlighted climate change and Chinese expansion into the Arctic as future issues the country will have to grapple...

Russia/Arctic – Russia’s Arctic activity to increase with fresh strategy and more capability tests (Defense News)

Alexander Bratersky The Russian government will soon present a unified document on Arctic development to President Vladimir Putin, meant to combine economic and military aspects...

(USA/Arctic) US Army embarks on competitive prototyping journey for Arctic vehicle (Defense News)

Jen Judson The U.S. Army is embarking on a competitive prototyping effort to acquire a new, all-terrain vehicle that can operate in the Arctic, with evaluations...

(Arctic) Geopolitical Implications of New Arctic Shipping Lanes (Arctic Institute)

Gabriella Gricius The advent of climate change has brought about a number of different changes in the Arctic, including increased accessibility to Arctic ports as...

(Arctic) Climate Change and Geopolitics: Monitoring of a Thawing Permafrost (Arctic Institute)

Ekaterina Uryupova The recent massive oil spill from storage tanks on Yamal Peninsula in Russia and landslides across the Arctic have become another ‘signal’ that...

(Arctic) North but Maybe Not North Enough: Adapting Sub-Arctic Communities and Infrastructure to a Changing Climate (The Arctic Institute)

Trevor Donald Canada’s north is one of fastest warming areas in the world, with temperatures increasing at 2-3 times the global average. The Town of Churchill,...

(Russia/Arctic) Russia’s Digitalization of the Arctic Region: Plans and Achievements (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin The “Strategy for the Development of the Russian Arctic Zone and Provision of National Security Through 2035” (Pravo.gov.ru, October 26, 2020) highlights, among...

(Russia/Arctic) Russia’s New ‘Arctic Offensive’: Do the Benefits Outweigh the Costs? (Part Two) (The Jamestown Foundation)

Sergey Sukhankin On February 1, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree approving the launch of six large investment projects in the Arctic that...

(Arctic) The Global Carbon Budget and Permafrost Feedback Loops in the Arctic (The Arctic Institute)

Erin Flanagan Permafrost thaw is one of the world’s most pressing climate problems, already disrupting lifestyles, livelihoods, economies, and ecosystems in the north, and threatening...