A New Frontier
Great power competition in the Arctic
By Lt. Col. Ryan B. Ley, U.S. Air Force, senior U.S. fellow at the Marshall Center
Historically, the Arctic has been considered “high north, low tension.” While the immediate prospect of conflict…
Svalbard: NATO’s Arctic ‘Achilles’ Heel’
By James K. Wither, Marshall Center professor
Relations between the West and Russia have returned to a level of mistrust and antipathy not experienced since the height of the Cold War. NATO’s declaration at the July 2018 Brussels summit…
Climate Change Security
Adapting to a Warming Arctic
By Dr. Alexandra Middleton
About 4 million people live permanently in the Arctic region, of whom 10% are Indigenous peoples. The Arctic is warming twice as fast as the rest of the planet. Climate change…
The Future Arctic Order
Shaped by Unipolarity, Bipolarity or Multipolarity?
By Professor Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen and Dr. Mariia Kobzeva, UiT-The Arctic University of Norway
Photos by The Associated Press
There are two misleading narratives circulating…
The Arctic Balance of Power
Forecasting regional events in the near future
By Nataliia Haluhan
The Arctic ice cap has melted significantly over the past 50 years. Such climate change not only creates challenges and opportunities in terms of changing the region’s…
Russia in the Arctic
Discourse & reality
By Dr. Pál Dunay, Marshall Center professor
The Russian Federation is one of six states that border the Arctic Ocean. It has the longest Arctic coastline — more than 24,000 kilometers. More than 2 million…
China’s Hybrid Arctic Strategy
Implications for the High North Rules-Based Order
By Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan, lecturer in strategic studies, Deakin University at the Australian War College
Assigned the role of spoiler in what some deem to be an unfolding Arctic great…
How Goes the Arctic?
Zone of Peace or Military Tension?
By Lt. Col. Robert J. Newbauer, U.S. Army War College fellow at the Marshall Center
The Arctic region, typically known as bitter cold, remote and inaccessible, is the fastest warming place on Earth,…
Arctic Futures
AUTHOR: Charles Emmerson
PUBLISHED BY: PublicAffairs
REVIEWED BY: Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor
Humanity is on the cusp of achieving a long-sought commercial goal: year-round Arctic sea access. This would be a…
Profound Implications
How the pandemic has affected security across the world
By Dr. John L. Clarke, Marshall Center professor | Photos by The Associated Press
“This changes everything.” “This is a game-changer.” Phrases like these have abounded in recent…