The Inactive Arctic Strategy of the United States

Abstract

The Arctic Ocean was once an impassable wall of solid ice, but this is changing. The George W. Bush administration recognized the strategic importance of the melting Arctic and published its National Security Policy Directive-66/Homeland Security Policy Directive-25 (NSPD-66/HSPD-25). The policy has survived a change of administrations, but suffers from lack of support to implement it. The purpose of this paper is to examine the need to address the implementation of NSPD-66/HSPD-25 in a more-timely manner.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 2012
Accession Number
AD1018115

Entities

People

  • Brian L. Fulkerson

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Climate Change
  • Coast Guard
  • Environmental Protection
  • Geography
  • High Latitudes
  • Homeland Security
  • House Of Representatives
  • Law
  • Maritime Security
  • National Security
  • Natural Resources
  • Naval Warfare
  • Navy
  • New York
  • Personnel Management
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies