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NEWPORT, R.I. – The geopolitical future of the top of the world was the focus of an Arctic security elective course panel discussion at U.S. Naval War College (NWC), Wednesday.
This year’s capstone event allowed students to present papers on the topic with a focus on informing policy, strategy and programs.
“The students had an opportunity to engage with intelligence professionals, policy makers and military leaders across the government and abroad with our allies and partners, and really get a sense of the current state of U.S. Arctic policy and strategy,” said Walter Berbrick, associate professor of war gaming and director of the Arctic Studies Group (ASG).
The course explores the future and how the Navy and other global stakeholders will likely participate as climate change continues to alter the region.
Students from the Marines, Army, Coast Guard and a civilian government agency presented their research.
“We certainly like to hear the U.S. perspective, but integrating the perspectives of our allies and partners in the region makes the course that much more meaningful and relevant,” said Berbrick. “Having the different U.S. services represented is important, but having our allies here to learn with and from is invaluable. We have two students from Norway, and one each from Greece and Croatia.”
Previous courses have had students from Canada, Denmark and many other countries.
One of the students presenting papers during the event was Marine Lt. Col. Brandon Gregoire, who believes his service should be included in the Arctic of the future.
“There is a role the Marine Corps can play in the Arctic, and we have some infrastructure in place for training purposes and some relationships with our international partners that we can leverage to expand our service-level strategy,” he said.
Gregoire said he is being exposed to information in the course that he had not seen before.
“As an intelligence officer, there is lots of talk about the expanding Arctic and challenges and opportunities up there,” he said. “So as an emerging environment, the course did expand my horizons. I didn’t have a tremendous amount of familiarity with the area from my 20 years of looking at different threats around the world, and different issues.”
The ASG consists of faculty and students at NWC with expertise, experience or interest in regional maritime affairs, U.S. policy and military strategy in the Arctic region. The group was created in August 2013 in response to the growing maritime implications of the changing Arctic region.
| Date Taken: | 11.04.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 11.05.2015 10:20 |
| Story ID: | 180984 |
| Location: | NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, US |
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