Briefing: The Emerging Arctic: Energy, Security, Environment, and Geopolitics

Joint House Committee on Foreign Affairs and Congressional Energy and National Security Caucus briefing examining the strategic issues facing the Arctic, including ongoing geopolitical developments, issues affecting the Arctic Indigenous Peoples, and the region’s energy reserves and environment.


Panelists:
Dr. Victoria Herrmann
President, The Arctic Institute

Dr. Dalee Sambo Dorough
Chair, Inuit Circumpolar Council
Senior Scholar, University of Alaska Anchorage

Dr. Elizabeth Buchanan
Lecturer, Deakin University
Non Resident Fellow, United States Military Academy West Point

Friðrik Jónsson
Senior Arctic Official & Minister-Counsellor, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Iceland

Michael McEleney
Senior Policy Advisor for the Arctic, Department of Energy Office of International Affairs