The Arctic’s Stark Global Prophecy
“The looming crisis in the Arctic is a preview of the looming crisis of the global condition.” This is the stark prophecy of Mark Brzezinski, a top Arctic official in the Obama White House, a former U.S. ambassador to Sweden, and the son of the late Zbigniew Brzezinski. On the sidelines of the Wilson Center-Arctic Circle Forum, he described the challenge — and the urgency — of communicating the Arctic to Americans, as well as the region’s vulnerability to being politicized, its often-overlooked social issues, and his father’s Arctic prescience.
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Since its inception in 2017, the Polar Institute has become a premier forum for discussion and policy analysis of Arctic and Antarctic issues, and is known in Washington, DC and elsewhere as the Arctic Public Square. The Institute holistically studies the central policy issues facing these regions—with an emphasis on Arctic governance, climate change, economic development, scientific research, security, and Indigenous communities—and communicates trusted analysis to policymakers and other stakeholders. Read more
