Editor: Michael E. Lynch, Howard G. Coombs
The 16th Annual Kingston Consortium Conference on International Security “International Competition in the High North” was held from October 11-13, 2022 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The conference considered the Arctic region against the backdrop of ongoing climate change and the war in Ukraine. Over the past several years, the United States has recognized the growing importance of the Arctic as a strategic region, and the Department of Defense and each U.S. military have issued Arctic policies and strategies. Additionally, the Department of Defense has established a new regional research center in Alaska, the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies. Canada and other Arctic Council countries also recognize the growing importance of the Arctic region and ensure that Arctic security challenges arising from other threats, such as great power competition and environmental threats, are addressed. We revised our strategic framework and changed our institutional approach. This volume brings together these ideas for the United States and its allies so that everyone can benefit from this experience.
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Janine L. Birkhead, Andrea Sharon, JP Clark, Joseph L. Corriveau, Michelle Devlin, Wayne Eyre, Kathryn Brick-Friedman, James Ferguson, Wilfrid Greaves, Thomas Hughes, Ryan E. Jurkowski, Devin Kirkwood, Rauna J. Kuokanen, Lori L. Leffler, W. Barrett Martin, James R. Morton Jr., Roche Pelletier, Camila TN Sorensen, Wendy R. Tkach, Michael K. Tovo
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Arctic, Arctic Council, Arctic Region, China, climate change, dual-use infrastructure, environmental security, great power competition, High North, indigenous peoples, national defense, NATO, NORAD, Russia, Ukraine
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