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Russian Arctic Exploration

As the United States turns its gaze increasingly toward the Far North and its resources, we should look at other nations' experiences above the Arctic Circle. Though it is not a well-developed or placid region. Russia has been exploiting it since the 16th century, and Russia's experiences in the dynamic Arctic environment are noteworthy.

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SPEAKER BIO - Dr. Scott McIntosh

Dr. McIntosh retired from USAF in 2017, while serving as Country Desk Officer for a number of former Soviet republics at US Air Forces Europe. An experienced Russia/Eurasia Foreign Area Officer, he also served as an analyst at NATO and as Senior U.S. Military Observer at the UN Observer Mission in Georgia during the 2008 Russia-Georgia War. He has written extensively on Russian military activity, information operations, and national interests—and has taught pertinent classes at Air Command and Staff College; USAF Special Operations School; NATO School Oberammergau; as well as a Business & Strategic Intelligence curriculum at Newman University. He is currently a Distinguished Lecturer for the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska.