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 DOW 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.
- Asseses 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 2025
High North Security Dialogue 2024
European Security Seminar – North 2023
European Security Seminar – North 2022
