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S5E18 | America's Arctic Security - What Is "Arctic Exceptionalism"?
Manage episode 475160050 series 2970749
I start this interview with a super simple question: where is the Arctic?
As it turns out, the answer may not be so simple. In fact, it's a serious question that invokes geopolitical conflicts that seem to be undermining the "exceptionalism" of the Arctic.
►In this interview, I discuss the following with Dr. Troy Bouffard:
- Countries in the Arctic - the Arctic 8, 5 & 3.
- China - a "Near Arctic Country".
- Russia and China joint show of force in the Arctic - a wakeup call for America!
- Can/could Russia embarrass the U.S. with its Arctic forces?
- Is America prepared to enforce Arctic security?
- Is Canada prepared to enforce Arctic security?
- How have hypersonic weapons changed Arctic security?
- Why don't satellites and lasers work in the Arctic?
- What role does Greenland play in Arctic security?
🚩About My 166th Guest:
Dr. Bouffard is a professor of Arctic Security at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a Research Fellow with the United States Military Academy, Modern War Institute (West Point), and a non-resident Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies in University of Manitoba. Dr. Bouffard served in the U.S. Army (ret., E-8 Master Sergeant) and is a Former Congressional Fellow, Arctic Advisor to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. You can learn more about him, visit his UAF CBSM & UAF CASR webpages.
🚩Other Mentioned Interviews:
►Greenland: Geopolitics & World Powers
► History of US Air Force - Pentagon Unveils B-21 Raider, A New Stealth Bomber
🚩About the Image:
Map of the Arctic: United States (Alaska), Denmark (Greenland), Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland. By University of Texas Libraries, Texas University at Austin, Public Domain.
🚩Adel Aali
host & producer
☑️Where to find my program:
Home:https://historybehindnews.com
Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify
Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple
YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub
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Click here and join our other supporters in thenews peeler community. Thank you.
🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Manage episode 475160050 series 2970749
I start this interview with a super simple question: where is the Arctic?
As it turns out, the answer may not be so simple. In fact, it's a serious question that invokes geopolitical conflicts that seem to be undermining the "exceptionalism" of the Arctic.
►In this interview, I discuss the following with Dr. Troy Bouffard:
- Countries in the Arctic - the Arctic 8, 5 & 3.
- China - a "Near Arctic Country".
- Russia and China joint show of force in the Arctic - a wakeup call for America!
- Can/could Russia embarrass the U.S. with its Arctic forces?
- Is America prepared to enforce Arctic security?
- Is Canada prepared to enforce Arctic security?
- How have hypersonic weapons changed Arctic security?
- Why don't satellites and lasers work in the Arctic?
- What role does Greenland play in Arctic security?
🚩About My 166th Guest:
Dr. Bouffard is a professor of Arctic Security at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, a Research Fellow with the United States Military Academy, Modern War Institute (West Point), and a non-resident Research Fellow at the Centre for Defence and Security Studies in University of Manitoba. Dr. Bouffard served in the U.S. Army (ret., E-8 Master Sergeant) and is a Former Congressional Fellow, Arctic Advisor to U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski. You can learn more about him, visit his UAF CBSM & UAF CASR webpages.
🚩Other Mentioned Interviews:
►Greenland: Geopolitics & World Powers
► History of US Air Force - Pentagon Unveils B-21 Raider, A New Stealth Bomber
🚩About the Image:
Map of the Arctic: United States (Alaska), Denmark (Greenland), Canada, Russia, Norway, Finland, Sweden and Iceland. By University of Texas Libraries, Texas University at Austin, Public Domain.
🚩Adel Aali
host & producer
☑️Where to find my program:
Home:https://historybehindnews.com
Spotify:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Spotify
Apple:🎧https://bit.ly/HbN-Podcast-Apple
YouTube:▶️https://bit.ly/HbN-YT-Sub
Adel on Facebook and X.com
Click here and join our other supporters in thenews peeler community. Thank you.
🎵 attribution, links and license for thetheme music in this podcast: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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