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Arctic Report July 21, 2017

July 21, 2017 By Andrea Wagner In Arctic Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Climate Change & Environment, Coastal Erosion, Congress, Economic Development, Fisheries, House Committee Hearing, Indigenous Affairs, Infrastructure, International Relations, Law of the Sea, Maritime, National Security, Natural Resource Extraction, Oil & Gas Development, Science & Research, Shipping, State of Alaska, U.S. Coast Guard, Uncategorized, Wildlife No Comments

Report Contains:
Notes from the United State Arctic Research Commission’s 107th Meeting
Highlights from the 7th Symposium on the Impacts of an Ice-Diminishing Arctic on Naval and Maritime Operations
Icebreaker Amendment Voted Down – House Appropriations Committee Homeland Security Appropriations FY2018 Markup
America’s Arctic Economic Ambitions: Opportunities and Limitations – Center for Strategic and International Studies
Hearing on Opening ANWR to Drilling – House Committee on Natural Resources
Arctic News Roundup

Arctic Report May 5, 2017

June 27, 2017 By Andrea Wagner In Center for Strategic and International Studies, Congress, Energy, House Committee Hearing, Science & Research, U.S. Coast Guard, Uncategorized No Comments

Report Contains:
A Conversation With Admiral Paul Zukunft, USCG Commandant, Center For Strategic and International Studies
Energy In America: a Conversation with Senator Lisa Murkowski and Senator Maria Cantwell, Center For Strategic and International Studies
Hearing on Maritime and Transportation Regulatory Issues, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Arctic Research Seminar with Dr. Robert Corell – Arctic Research Consortium of The U.S.
Arctic News Roundup

Arctic Report February 1, 2017

February 1, 2017 By Andrea Wagner In Center for Strategic and International Studies, Natural Resource Extraction, Oil & Gas Development No Comments

Discussing BP’s energy development and market outlook, Spencer Dale, BP’s Chief Economist, said the company looks ahead annually at the next 20 years of energy policy. The forecasts are important because of BP’s massive energy sector investments, totaling $17 billion last year. Predicting the future is very difficult if not impossible, Dale said, but the company tries to understand the uncertainty in which it operates. With a 20-year outlook, the broad terms don’t change very much, but the questions do.

Arctic Report January 25, 2017

January 25, 2017 By Andrea Wagner In Alaska Native, Arctic Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Climate Change & Environment, Infrastructure, International Relations, National Security, State of Alaska, Transportation No Comments

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-AK) spoke about the new Defense Department Arctic Strategy at CSIS on Jan. 24. The unclassified version has yet to be released, but the Senator talked the audience through much of its content.
The FY16 National Defense Authorization Act required the Department of Defense to write a new Arctic military defense plan in part to respond to recent Russian activity in the region.

Arctic Report December 1, 2016

December 1, 2016 By Andrea Wagner In Center for Strategic and International Studies, Climate Change & Environment, Coastal Erosion, Conventional Energy, Energy, Infrastructure, Permafrost, Renewable Energy, Science & Research, Sea Level Rise No Comments

The participants in this panel discussion were Frank Verrastro, Senior Vice President & Chair for Energy and Geopolitics at CSIS, Christi Tezak, Managing Director for ClearView Energy Partners LLC, Adam Sieminski, Administrator for the U.S. Energy Information Administration, and Todd Stern, former U.S. Special Envoy for Climate Change.

Arctic Report November 17, 2016

November 17, 2016 By Andrea Wagner In Center for Strategic and International Studies, International Relations, National Security, U.S. Department of State, Uncategorized No Comments

International and American Experts discuss Russia’s increasing aggressiveness and potential policy responses.

Arctic Report September 13, 2016

September 13, 2016 By Andrea Wagner In Alaska Native, Arctic Council, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Climate Change & Environment, Energy, Infrastructure, International Relations, National Security, Natural Resource Extraction, U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Department of State No Comments

CSIS brought together several panels consisting of experts from the scientific, military, and international relations fields discuss the future of the Arctic as it becomes more

Commandant's Mid-term Report on the Coast Guard

June 8, 2016 By Andrea Wagner In Center for Strategic and International Studies, Maritime, U.S. Coast Guard, Uncategorized No Comments

June 13, 2016 – Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC This report has not yet occurred, but will be included in an upcoming issue of The Arctic Report. […]

Asia's Evolving Role in the Arctic

May 20, 2016 By Andrea Wagner In Center for Strategic and International Studies, International Relations, Law of the Sea, Maritime, National Security, Science & Research No Comments

TBD – Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. This discussion on Asia’s increasing engagement in the Arctic region has not yet occurred, but will be included in an upcoming […]

Investing in Sustainable Infrastructure

April 13, 2016 By Andrea Wagner In Budget, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Economic Development, Infrastructure No Comments

April 13, 2015 – Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. Daniel Runde, with the Project on Prosperity and Development, CSIS, moderated a panel discussion about meeting infrastructure demands […]