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America is Preparing for the Wrong Arctic Crisis

13 August 2020by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Victoria Herrmann Scientific American In late July, the Trump Administration appointed James DeHart as the first U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic. A career member of the Senior Foreign Service, Mr. […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

The Dangerous Myth of an ‘Icebreaker Gap’

12 September 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Defense One America is finally taking steps to fix its woeful shortage of icebreakers, the armor-bowed vessels that enable year-round presence and passage through the ever-more-important Arctic […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

How Arctic Territorial Disagreements are Actually Being Resolved

18 May 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Hannah Hoag Arctic Deeply Under UNCLOS, a coastal state is entitled to the continental shelf area (and its buried resources) that lies within 200 nautical miles of its coastline, […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, LAW

For Now, the Arctic Remains a Refuge of Friendly U.S.-Russia Relations

25 March 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Yereth Rosen Alaska Dispatch News In 1987, in the glow of glasnost, then-Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev detailed his vision of an Arctic that would be a “zone of peace” where […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

Why Can’t America Build an Icebreaker?

7 January 2016by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Arctic Journal The United States is one of five countries with an Arctic coastline and continental shelf. As such, it is both burdened with direct responsibility […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY

Obama’s Incomplete Arctic Energy Approach

28 September 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Hill As President Obama tours Alaska this week, cries of hypocrisy fill the air.  He is using these three days to highlight the effects of climate […]

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LAW

Against Arctic Paternalism

24 April 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Gitte Seeberg The Arctic Journal Certain images are conjured up at the mention of the word ‘Arctic’: vast expanses of ice, the magic of the Northern Lights, glaciers churning […]

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

How to Secure the American Arctic

25 March 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten Forbes In April, the United States will assume chairmanship of the Arctic Council, but Washington’s Arctic policy discussion has been dominated by one debate: resource procurement (extraction) […]

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NATIONAL SECURITY

Building Our Arctic Future

17 February 2015by TheThresh.com Leave a comment

By Andreas Kuersten The Hill The United States’ Arctic infrastructure is severely lacking – as is meaningful policy discussion concerning its development.  Amid steadily growing opportunities, activity, and vessel traffic […]

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LAW, NATIONAL SECURITY

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