Arctic Security in a Time of Great Power Competition, Conflict, and Instability
S030, CGIS South
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge
Wed., Oct. 21, 2026, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. 
This seminar is a part of a multi-year research project that investigates how NATO should develop and defend its northern flank in the future, in the face of an increasingly militaristic, authoritarian, and aggressive Russia. These changes coincide with significant burden shifts in NATO. The project is led by the Norwegian Defense University College with partners from the U.S., Canada, and Europe and utilizes war games and tabletop exercises (TTX) in tandem with peer-reviewed research. The Norwegian Ministry of Defense supports the project financially; it is now in its third year.
This seminar will present new findings from the project, as well as new knowledge from related academic activities. The seminar consists of two panels: The first session will present outcomes from the executed war games; the second will present research findings from a parallel project developing a scholarly anthology on the future relationship between NATO and Russia, with a special focus on the Arctic region and NATO's northern flank.
Gazette Classification: Humanities, Social Sciences
Organization/Sponsor: Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
Speaker(s): Dmitry Gorenburg , Senior Research Scientist, CNA , Njord Wegge , Professor and Head of Research, Norwegian Defense Command and Staff College; Adjunct Professor, University of Tromsø, Norway’s Arctic University Victoria Henley Major, U.S. Army; Ph.D. Candidate, MIT, Juha Kukkola , Lieutenant-Colonel, Finnish Defense Forces, Leo Blanken , Professor, Naval Postgraduate School , Mathieu Boulègue , Senior Fellow, Center for European Policy Analysis, Charlotte Hulme , Assistant Professor, Naval War College, Jordan Becker, Jean Monnet Fellow, European University Institute (Florence, Italy): "Sharing the Burden of Nordic Security" (joining online)
Cost: Free
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Harvard Key Required: No
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