Sponsor

Department of National Defence (Canada) - Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) targeted engagement grants project

 

Project Start/Length

April 2021 - 1 Year

 

Overview

The North American Arctic warrants serious consideration of how defence forces will maintain situational awareness (SA), safeguard resources, and prepare for potential conflict. In particular, little is known or understood about how special operation forces (SOF) maintain and develop SA, organize and train to operate in normal-to-extreme Arctic circumstances, and achieve cultural proficiency with Indigenous peoples. Also unclear are the authorities and permissions government and military leaders need to employ SOF in the homeland. The research component of this project aims to address how SOF is currently postured to address the emerging security needs, challenges, and threats to, through, and in the North American Arctic in the 21st Century.

 

Researchers

• Principle Investigator: Dr. James R. Morton, Jr. Assistant Research Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska, USA and Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserves.
• Dr. Nancy Teeple, Postdoctoral Fellow, North American and Arctic Defence and Security Network (NAADSN).
• Mr. Michael J. Young, Arctic Policy Fellow, Payne Institute for Public Policy, Colorado School of Mines.

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