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CSIS’s Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program and the Energy Security and Climate Change Program provide analysis and policy recommendations on the growing geopolitical and strategic challenges in the Arctic.

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Frozen Frontiers: China’s Great Power Ambitions in the Polar Regions

Chinese scientific research and commercial investments in the Arctic and Antarctica have elevated China’s voice in polar affairs, but its growing physical footprint in the world’s most remote frontiers also advance China’s broader strategic and military interests.

Digital Report by Matthew P. Funaiole , Brian Hart , Joseph S. Bermudez Jr. , and Aidan Powers-Riggs — April 18, 2023

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Arctic Security after a Year of War

Hosted by Lillan and Robert D. Stuart Jr. Center in Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies
January 25, 2023 • 4:00 – 4:45 pm EST
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IEA's World Energy Outlook 2016

The CSIS Energy National Security Program is pleased to host Dr. Fatih Birol, Executive Director at the International Energy Agency (IEA), to present the IEA's World Energy Outlook 2016.

Event by Sarah Ladislaw , John B. Hess , and Dr. Fatih Birol — November 18, 2016

Understanding a New Ocean: The Policy Implications of a Transforming Arctic

This event is generously funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway and is in partnership with Arctic Frontiers, an international forum focused on sustainable development in the Arctic which holds its annual conference in Tromsø, Norway. The January 2017 conference, White Space - Blue Future, will explore environmental sustainability and economic growth in a rapidly transforming Arctic.

Event by Heather A. Conley , Ole Øvretveit , Dr. Jan Gunnar Winther , Dr. Mark Serreze , Ms. Kjersti Lie Gabrielsen , Mr. David J. Hayes , Hon. Fran Ulmer , and Mr. Leiv Lunde — September 13, 2016

Undersea Warfare in Northern Europe

 
Russia is expanding its use of undersea warfare in a broader strategy of coercion aimed at its neighbors, NATO, and the United States.

Report by Andrew Metrick , Kathleen Weinberger , and Kathleen H. Hicks — July 21, 2016

Coast Guard Arctic Implementation Capabilities

Heather Conley,  senior vice president for Europe, Eurasia, and the Arctic, CSIS, testified before the House subcomittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, on “Coast Guard Arctic Implementation Capabilities.”

Congressional Testimony by Heather A. Conley — July 12, 2016

Landing Together

Event by Kathleen H. Hicks , Amy Searight , John Schaus , Lieutenant General John E. Wissler, USMC , Lieutenant General George Flynn, USMC, Ret. , and Jonathan D. Geithner — June 29, 2016

Launch of the Lillan and Robert D. Stuart Jr. Center for Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies

It is with great pleasure that CSIS announces the creation of an endowed center of research excellence, the Stuart Center for Euro-Atlantic and Northern European Studies. Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg will officially open this new center which honors the life and achievements of the late Robert D. Stuart Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to Norway, and his wife Lillan.

Event by John J. Hamre and Heather A. Conley — May 13, 2016

An Arctic Redesign

The Arctic Council was launched in 1996 as an informal, consensual, and cooperative mechanism without either legal personality or operational mandate.

Report by Heather A. Conley and Matthew Melino — March 14, 2016

Roundtable with Finnish Minister of Foreign Affairs, Timo Soini

On Monday, February 1, 2016, the CSIS Europe Program hosted the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Timo Soini, for a discussion of Finland's Arctic policy as well as the work of the Arctic Council and the Finnish chairmanship that will begin in 2017. Minister Soini also commented on Finland's security policy and the challenges facing Europe.

Event by Jeffrey Rathke — February 1, 2016