Arctic Horizons: Views from the Departments of Defense and State on Future Opportunities in the Arctic

June 28, 2011

WASHINGTON, June 28, 2010 – The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) Europe Program hosts Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy Amanda Dory and Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries Amb. David Balton to discuss future opportunities in the Artic following the recent Artic Council ministerial in Nuuk, Greenland, and the analysis contained in the DoD report to Congress, “Arctic Operations and the Northwest Passage.”

WHEN/WHERE:     

Wednesday, June 29, 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
CSIS B1 Conference Center, 1800 K Street NW

Disscussants:

Amanda Dory

Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Strategy

Ambassador David A. Balton

Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and Fisheries

Moderated by:

Heather Conley

Director, Europe Program, CSIS

Credentialed members of the media who would like to attend must RSVP to aschwartz@csis.org.

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H. Andrew Schwartz
CSIS
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