Webinars and Events

In a 30-minute presentation followed by a Q & A and discussion, Dr. Brandon Boylan and Dr. Jeremy Speight discuss the concept of security as it applies to Alaska's Arctic. Drawing on theoretical concepts of securitization and human security to inform a novel matrix of various levels and types of security, Dr. Boylan and Dr. Speight examine the security implications for an expanded deep water port in Nome, Alaska.

This webinar is being held in concert with the release of a new CAPS working paper on the same topic, available for download here: https://www.uaf.edu/caps/our-work/arctic-security.php.

This paper is a work in progress, and feedback and comments submitted to CAPS Program Coordinator Maureen Biermann at mmbiermann@alaska.edu will be gratefully accepted through November 25, 2021, with the plan to update the draft by  the end of 2021. Our goal is to bring diverse and often conflicting perspectives to bear on this important issue that directly impacts the lives of Alaskans, and both affirming and critical perspectives are greatly appreciated.

Dr. Brandon Boylan (Associate Professor of Political Science and Director of Arctic and Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks).

Dr. Jeremy Speight (Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks).

In a 30-minute presentation followed by a Q & A and discussion, Abigail Steffen and Stephen Arturo Greenlaw (Research Assistants, CAPS, UAF) with Dr. Amy Lauren Lovecraft (CAPS Director) discuss the development of climate change policy in the State of Alaska and their forthcoming CAPS report on the topic, as well as range of local climate policy actions that have emerged within Alaska in recent years.

Abigail Steffen (Research Assistant with the Center for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks).

Stephen Arturo Greenlaw (Research Assistant with the Center for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks).

In a 30-minute presentation followed by a Q & A and discussion, Dr. Brandon Boylan (Dept of Political Science, UAF) and Dustin Elsberry (Research Assistant, CAPS, UAF) discuss their recent jointly-authored CAPS report on maritime traffic increases in the Arctic, and the implications for international cooperation and security.

Dr. Brandon Boylan (Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Alaska Fairbanks)

Dustin Elsberry (Research Assistant with the Center for Arctic Policy Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks).

In a 30-minute presentation followed by a Q & A and discussion, Dr. Qingchao Xu (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Liz Bowman (University of Alaska Fairbanks) discuss their recent jointly-authored CAPS report on China in the Arctic, with a specific focus on interpreting the possibilities for future China/Alaska relationships in the Arctic.

Dr. Qingchao Xu (Research Fellow and Director of the Center for Arctic Sustainability Studies, China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy, and Assistant Professor of University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)

Liz Bowman (Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for Arctic Policy Studies and Master of Arts Candidate in the Department of Arctic and Northern Studies, University of Alaska Fairbanks)