Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies

📬 The latest edition of Arctic Security Update is now available! In this issue, we explore the present, past, and future of Arctic defense through: · The Big Picture: United Nations General Assembly · This Week in History: 9/11’s Impact on Homeland and Arctic Defense · From the Diplomatic Desk: Norway’s New Arctic Strategy   This isn’t your typical institutional update. ASU offers forward-looking news recaps and analysis tailored for today’s warfighters, policy and planning professionals, frontline DoW components, Arctic security practitioners, government leaders, and our allies and partners. Each edition cuts through the noise to explore how today’s world events—emerging threats, strategic shifts, and allied coordination—shape the Arctic security landscape. 🧭 If you operate in the defense or security space, this newsletter is built for you. 📬 Subscribe now to get Arctic-focused insights delivered directly to your inbox. 🔗 https://lnkd.in/ggmYV5mn   #TedStevensCenter | #ArcticSecurity | #ASU | #Newsletter | #ArcticEducation

🛡️ The 2025 High North Security Dialogue concludes with Panel 6: “Deterrence and Defense: Senior Leader Perspectives,” where senior leaders from across the Arctic will share strategic insights on maintaining security across NATO’s Northern Flank. Panelists will evaluate emerging Allied and national initiatives—from large-scale exercises and operations to capability development and burden-sharing efforts—designed to strengthen deterrence and defense. The panel will also consider potential impacts of Russia and China in the Arctic and the implications for regional security. This discussion underscores how credible deterrence requires sustained investment, technological innovation, and close cooperation between Allies and partners. ➡️ As the 2025 HNSD comes to a close, the insights gained throughout the week will inform the final dialogue report, providing concrete policy recommendations to guide allied defense strategies and ensure the Arctic remains safe and secure. #HNSD2025 | #Arctic | #defense | George C. Marshall Center

We will never forget. On Sept. 11, 2001, ordinary Americans became eternal symbols of heroism. To the fearless first responders who charged into flames, the passengers who rose against evil, and the 2,977 souls stolen too soon, your legacy is the bedrock of our nation’s resilience. Their courage was not just in action, but in spirit: a refusal to let darkness define us. Today, we remember that America’s strength lies in its people — united, unyielding and unwavering. #NeverForget 

🛡️ Looking ahead to day three of the 2025 High North Security Dialogue, Panel 5: “Peace Through Strength: Setting the Conditions for Prosperity” underscores how credible defense is the foundation for Arctic security. The panel will explore the region’s economic potential, assessing how prosperity depends on safeguarding sea lines of communication, critical infrastructure, and sovereignty. Panelists will evaluate how increased militarization has fueled a growing security dilemma in the Arctic—and discuss measures to prevent miscalculation or inadvertent escalation. The conversation will also highlight how tools such as war-gaming can strengthen interoperability, deepen collaboration, and reinforce burden-sharing across the defense industrial base, while offering pathways for confidence-building measures. In the Arctic, peace is secured through readiness, resilience, and unity of effort among allies and partners. Strength creates the conditions where security and prosperity can thrive. ➡️ Follow along for more insights throughout the dialogue! #HNSD2025 | #Arctic | #Defense

🛡️ The 2025 High North Security Dialogue—co-hosted with the George C. Marshall Center—kicks off today! This year’s theme—Strengthening Deterrence and Defense in the Arctic—explores warfighting readiness, vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and Arctic waterways, technological innovation, strengthening interoperability, and improving deterrence and defense along NATO’s Northern Flank. ➡️ Stay tuned as we continue to feature panel themes from the dialogue and highlight how allied and partner cooperation continues to strengthen defense and deterrence in the Arctic. 🔹 Panel 4, "Tech Innovation to Improve Readiness," will examine how cutting-edge capabilities—from domain awareness and resilient communications to energy solutions and autonomous systems—are reshaping Arctic operations. The panel will also highlight how emerging public-private partnerships are driving innovation to close critical gaps and strengthen resilience in the region. #HNSD2025 | #Arctic | #Defense

🔹 TSC Alumni Event 🔹 Grey Zone Competition in the Arctic Tuesday, Sept. 23 | 10 a.m. AKDT | Zoom The Arctic is a strategic front where competitors employ coercive tools below the threshold of armed conflict. Grey zone activities—ranging from information operations and cyber intrusions to economic pressure and hybrid maritime tactics—are testing U.S., allied, and partner resilience in the region. Join us for a focused alumni discussion examining how irregular threats are evolving in the Arctic and what it means for regional security and defense planning. 🎙️ Moderator: U.S. Army Maj. Stephen Gagnon Arctic Security Fellow, Special Operations Officer 🧠 Featured Speaker: Dr. James Derleth Irregular Warfare / Hybrid Threats Subject Matter Expert 🔗 Register now: https://lnkd.in/gdRQkU7k 📌 This event is open to TSC alumni only.

🛡️ The 2025 High North Security Dialogue, co-hosted with George C. Marshall Center, kicks off next week! This year’s theme—Strengthening Deterrence and Defense in the Arctic—explores warfighting readiness, vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and Arctic waterways, technological innovation, strengthening interoperability, and improving deterrence and defense along NATO’s Northern Flank. Panel 3 "Protecting Critical Infrastructure and Securing Arctic Waterways," will tackle how to safeguard vital networks, strengthen regional cooperation in maritime security and emergency response, and enhance trans-Atlantic defense partnerships and burden-sharing to maintain a safe and secure Arctic region. Stay tuned for more insights as we count down to the start of HNSD 2025! #HNSD2025 | #Arctic | #Defense

🛡️ We're counting down to the 2025 High North Security Dialogue with George C. Marshall Center. This year’s theme—Strengthening Deterrence and Defense in the Arctic—explores warfighting readiness, vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and Arctic waterways, technological innovation, strengthening interoperability, and improving deterrence and defense along NATO’s Northern Flank. Panel 2 "The Threat Environment: Understanding Arctic Warfighting" will examine the threat environment that warfighters and planners must prepare for. Panelists will evaluate requirements and discuss potential policy responses to maintain readiness in one of the world's most challenging operating environments. #HNSD2025 | #Arctic | #Defense

🛡️HNSD 2025: Strengthening Deterrence and Defense in the Arctic Hosted in partnership with the George C. Marshall Center, the 2025 High North Security Dialogue will bring together senior leaders, warfighters, and security experts to address the evolving threats in the region and chart the way forward for allied and partner defense. This year’s virtual dialogue will explore warfighting readiness, vulnerabilities of critical infrastructure and Arctic waterways, technological innovation, strengthening interoperability, and improving deterrence and defense along NATO’s Northern Flank. Over the next six days, we’ll count down to the event—spotlighting the panels that will shape this vital dialogue on security in the High North. 🌐 Panel 1: The Evolving Arctic Strategic Landscape We begin by examining how the Arctic shifting as a theater of competition and potential conflict. This panel sets the stage by assessing the changing security dynamics that demand credible deterrence and robust defense. #HNSD2025 | #Arctic | #Defense