Public Forum - Sept-Oct 2023 - Arctic Military Presence
Warm up for a polarizing topic with Devin, Brett, and Tanner as they present arguments guaranteed to melt your opposition.
TIME STAMPS
Factual Background 4:44
Definitions 30:51
Pro Arguments 37:12
Con Arguments 1:03:30
Final Thoughts 1:30:47
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SOURCES CITED
NASA Website, NASA Finds 2022 Arctic Winter Sea Ice 10th-Lowest on Record: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/esnt/202...
The Arctic Council website, with info on arctic states and indigenous groups: https://arctic-council.org/
Wikipedia, UNCLOS and Exclusive Economic Zones: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exclusi...
US Geological Survey, Circum-Arctic Resource Appraisal: Estimates of Undiscovered Oil and Gas North of the Arctic Circle (2008): https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2008/3049/fs...
The Arctic Institute, Geopolitical Implications of New Arctic Shipping Lanes (2021): https://www.thearcticinstitute.org/ge...
Bryant Harris, DefenseNews (2022), on National Strategy for Arctic Region: https://www.defensenews.com/pentagon/...
White House website, National Strategy for the Arctic Region (Oct. 2022): https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content...
Colin Wall and Njord Wegge, Center for Strategic and International Studies, The Russian Arctic Threat: Consequences of the Ukraine War (2023): https://www.csis.org/analysis/russian...
White House, US National Security Strategy (2022) (Arctic on p.44): https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content...
US Dept. of Defense, 2022 National Defense Strategy (Arctic on p.16): https://media.defense.gov/2022/Oct/27...
Jacob Gronholt-Pedersen and Gwladys Fouche, Reuters, Dark Arctic: NATO allies wake up to Russian supremacy in the region (2022): https://www.reuters.com/graphics/ARCT...
Matthew Funiaole and others, CSIS, Frozen Frontiers: China’s Great Power Ambitions in the Polar Regions (2023): https://features.csis.org/hiddenreach...
The Union of International Associations, Encyclopedia of World Problems, Definition of “Foreign Military Presence”: https://encyclopedia.uia.org/en/probl...
Jason Smith, Modern War Institute, Melting the Myth of Arctic Exceptionalism (2022): https://mwi.westpoint.edu/melting-the...
(PRO and CON sources in comments due to length)