On December 19, 2023, the United States Department of State announced the US claim defining the outer limits of the continental shelf in areas beyond 200 nautical miles from its coast. This extended continental shelf claim mostly concerns seabed and subsoil in the...
As the Arctic maritime domain continues to increase in accessibility, so too do the health security threats associated with increased maritime commerce. Health security is a critical component of national, regional, and global stability, and as such, it has become...
As the Arctic maritime domain continues to increase in accessibility, so too do the health security threats associated with increased maritime commerce. Robust monitoring and risk assessments are needed to predict and prevent health security crises before they occur....
This paper examines the multifaceted implications of changing environmental conditions in the Arctic for U.S. national security, highlighting both the challenges and opportunities these transformations present. As diminishing sea ice, altered wave dynamics, increased...
Climate security is the ultimate systems-level challenge, i.e., it is highly complex, non-linear, and multidimensional. Since 2021, when the Secretary of Defense directed all defense components to include climate change in strategies and plans, the Pentagon has...
