Innovate • Experiment • Educate • Analyze • Engage
The U.S. Department of Defense Regional Center for the Arctic – Dedicated to American and Allied Defense & Security.
Vision
Advance a network of civilian and military practitioners promoting understanding and providing collaborative security solutions for the Arctic region.
Mission
Build strong, sustainable, domestic, and international networks of security leaders and promote and conduct focused research on Arctic security to advance DoD security priorities in the Arctic region.
Value
Prepare civilian and military security practitioners, propose useful solutions, and enhance people networks to ensure a stable, rules-based order in the Arctic that will benefit the United States and nations across the Arctic.
Our Guiding Principles
At our core, we are dedicated to embracing innovation and striving for excellence in Arctic defense education. We are deeply committed to conducting practitioner-relevant research and fostering collaborations with America’s Arctic security Allies and partners. Through our unwavering commitment, we aim to make a positive impact in the realm of Arctic security and contribute to the collective well-being of our region and beyond.
Journal of Arctic Security
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Article deadline on 31 May 2025 for Volume 4
Article deadline on 1 October 2025 for Volume 5
A Special STEM Edition!
Mission Pillars
TSC activities encompass education and training programs, seminars, conferences, and other activities, as well as research and analysis projects to further strategic foresight relating to Arctic security affairs.
Executive Education
TSC’s educational programming provides a deep understanding of the multifaceted issues affecting Arctic security. Leveraging the subject matter expertise of the academic staff and faculty to extend the impacts of the TSC’s educational mission far beyond the classroom, creating, nurturing, and furthering connection with a multitude of key stakeholders, allies, and partners.
Strategic Engagement
In coordination with the other mission components of the TSC, the team plans, organizes, executes, and reports on workshops, simulations/exercises, field programs, symposia, and seminars that bring together Arctic security leaders, subject matter experts, and associated collaborators to advance and promote Arctic security.
Research & Analysis
To organize, execute, and report on research and analysis in support of OSD(Policy), USNORTHCOM, other Combatant Commands, and military service mission needs. Research and Analysis will be conducted in unclassified and classified domains. TSC-conducted research and analysis is published to support advancing Arctic security awareness, consistent with the overall mission of the center and in compliance with higher level guidance.
Mission Support
As the critical enabler of the TSC mission areas of research & analysis, executive education, and strategic engagement programs and activities, a consolidated “support function.” TSC activities encompass education and training programs, seminars, conferences, and other activities, as well as research and analysis projects to further strategic foresight relating to Arctic security affairs.
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