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Environment
The Arctic Ocean and Climate Change in a Time of Tension
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023 at 11:00 – 12:30 ET
Solar panels and wind turbines against mountain landscape.
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Critical Minerals
The Changing Geopolitics of Critical Minerals and the Future of the Clean Energy Transition
On Thursday, March 9, 2023 at 9:00 – 10:30 ET
USARC Goals Report Cover 2023
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Science and Technology Policy
Release of the US Arctic Research Commission 2023-2024 Goals Report
On Wednesday, February 15, 2023 at 1:00 – 4:45 ET
Arctic navy picture
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Conflict Resolution and Peacebuilding
Deterring Russia at Sea in the High North
On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 1:30 – 4:30 ET
Arctic SAR picture
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Energy Security
Achieving Security in the Arctic: the Role of DHS and its Components
On Thursday, January 26, 2023 at 1:30 – 3:15 ET
Arctic naval ship picture
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Security and Defense
EXTERNAL EVENT | Securing the Future of America’s Arctic: Professionalizing our Arctic National Security Workforce
On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 2:00 – 3:00 ET
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Economics and Globalization
Overcoming Remoteness: Arctic Innovation in Transportation, Energy and Connectivity
On Wednesday, December 7, 2022 at 2:00 – 3:00 ET
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Environment
Technological Innovation and Arctic Climate Security
On Wednesday, November 30, 2022 at 3:00 – 4:30 ET
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Environmental Security
Bering Strait: Navigation and Conservation in Times of Conflict
On Wednesday, November 2, 2022 at 12:30 – 4:30 ET
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Governance
Unpacking the 2022 US National Strategy for the Arctic Region
On Tuesday, October 25, 2022 at 2:00 – 3:15 ET
Paradise Bay, Antarctica picture
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Environment
Forty Years of Antarctic Marine Conservation: Policy Approaches in the Antarctic Treaty System
On Tuesday, October 4, 2022 at 9:00 – 10:00 ET
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Critical Minerals
EXTERNAL EVENT | Alaska's Minerals: A Strategic National Imperative
August 22, 2022 – August 23, 2022
COVID-19

Highlight: COVID-19 Impacts in the Arctic

A virtual conference organized and hosted by the US Naval War College, the Wilson Center's Polar Institute, and the US Arctic Research Commission about the impacts of COVID-19 in the Arctic.

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