High North Security Dialogue

Annually, the TSC, in partnership with the George C. Marshall Center, co-hosts a week-long seminar that focuses on the European North’s (Arctic and Baltic) security environment. The High North Security Dialogue (HNSD), formerly known as the European Security Seminar – North (ESS-N), capitalizes on the involvement of key governmental and regional leaders in identifying challenges and opportunities in the Arctic and Baltic (and the connection between the two regions). HNSD is a seminar-based (presentations, break-out groups, conversations) and caters to mid-to-senior level security practitioners, policymakers, and academics in a Chatham House Rule format to discuss and conceptualize tangible courses of action in the European North. HNSD comports directly to DoD Regional Center cross-cutting guidance requesting RCs to conduct joint programming.

Key Objectives:

  • Enable dialogue and strengthen cooperative networks to advance mutual understanding and capacity for addressing regional security challenges, building civil-military resilience, and development of policy recommendations.
  • Establish a foundation for broader security discussions based on sub-regional focus on the European High North and Baltic areas and assess spillover effects of the Ukraine conflict in the High North.
  • Explore the scope and content of Arctic cooperation without Russia as the biggest Arctic state.
  • Analyze and understand the strategic impact of Finland’s and Sweden’s accession to NATO on the European High North.
  • Asses the prospects of continued/future cooperation between Russia and the west on long term management and mitigation of regional challenges such as the changing physical operating environment.
  • Develop strategic insights for policy makers.

High North Security Dialogue Related Reports

High North Security Dialogue 2024

European Security Seminar North Cover

European Security Seminar – North 2023

European Security Seminar North Cover

European Security Seminar – North 2022

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