U.S.-Canadian Security Cooperation is Critical to Achieving a Stable Arctic

This series examines security issues in the North American Arctic from three regional perspectives: the Northern Pacific, the U.S.-Canada defense relationship, and the North Atlantic. Looking northward from the United States, these sub-regions are situated at roughly the 10, 12, and 2 o’clock positions, respectively. This conceptualization reflects the primary threat vectors to the North American homeland perceived by U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) and the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). We have thus adopted this framework for this series of Executive Briefs on potential sources of instability in the North American Arctic and strategies to mitigate them in coordination with U.S. allies and partners.