Arctic Report July 21, 2017
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 Update March 24, 2017
Broadband: Deploying America’s 21st Century Infrastructure – Subcommittee on Communications and Technology
Report: Arctic Imperative, Reinforcing U.S Strategy on America’s Fourth Coast – Council on Foreign Relations
State of the Coast Guard: Ensuring Military, National Security, and Enforcement Capability and Readiness – Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard
Arctic Report August 4, 2016
Susan “Sudie” Hargis, Tribal Liaison for the U.S. Coast Guard’s 17th District (Alaska), spoke about tribal relations in Alaska—relating specifically to incident response, search and rescue, and subsistence hunting—as part of a speaker series sponsored by the Committee on Marine Transportation System in Washington D.C. on Aug. 4.
Hargis described the history and complex nature of government-tribal relations in Alaska.
Council on Foreign Relations Expert Discussion on National Security Risks in the Changing Arctic
June 9, 2016 – Council on Foreign Relations, Washington, DC Speakers: Mark F. BrzezinskiExecutive Director, Arctic Executive Steering Committee, The White House Lisa Murkowski, Chairman, Energy and Natural Resources Committee, U.S. […]
Asia's Evolving Role in the Arctic
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 […]
Ice Floes and Global Economic Woes: The Future of Arctic Shipping Considered
January 13, 2016 – Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C. This discussed the current and future state of play related to destination shipping and transshipment across the Arctic region. The […]
Polar Research Board Fall Meeting
December 3-4, 2015 – Washington, D.C. The National Academies of Sciences convened its Polar Research Board in Washington, DC on Dec. 3-4 to review recent Arctic and Antarctic research. — […]
Transportation Research Board's Fall Meeting – Focus Session: Responding to Emergencies in the Arctic
November 12, 2015 – National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C. The following speakers spoke about responding to emergencies from their point of expertise, followed by a discussion involving all board […]
U.S. Leadership in the Arctic: U.S. Special Representative to the Arctic, Adm. Robert Papp, Jr.
March 12, 2015 – Brookings Institute, Washington, DC U.S. Special Representative to the Arctic, Adm. Robert Papp, Jr., voiced his support for the United Nations Convention on the Law of […]
Senate Energy & Natural Resources hearing on U.S. Arctic Opportunities
March 5, 2015 – Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, DC Sen. Lisa Murkowski held the first full Senate committee hearing about the Arctic on March 5, 2015. This hearing focused […]