CASP Staff

CAPT Tony Russell, USCG (ret.), Executive Director

• Hot Takes on the New Arctic Strategy: What’s Changed and What it Could Mean for the U.S. Coast Guard

Dr. Abbie Tingstad

• Icebreakers are niche vessels, but security, diplomatic value is high, Abbie Tingstad, Jul 28, 2024.
• The U.S. is Taking an Important, but Imperfect Step in Initiating Extended Continental Shelf Claims – What Are the Implications for the Arctic?, Abbie Tingstad, Dec. 19, 2023
• The U.S. Military Needs to Build Arctic Capabilities and Capacity, Abbie Tingstad and Scott Savitz. Note, this study was completed prior to Dr. Tingstad’s joining CASP, Dec. 22, 2023
• Being an Arctic Nation is for the Good of All Americans, Abbie Tingstad, Nov. 22, 2023
• The Arctic Takes Center State This Week Amidst Geopolitical Tensions, Abbie Tingstad, Oct.19, 2023

Dr. Rebecca Pincus (Former Class of ’65 Arctic Scholar)

• “The Unique Dual-Nature Aspect of Search and Rescue Enables Competing Frames: Russia, the USA, and the Cruise Industry,” Rebecca Pincus and Michele Zebich-Knos
• “Have You Been to ‘The Arctic’? Frame Theory and the Role of Media Coverage in Shaping Arctic Discourse,” Dr. Rebecca Pincus and Saleem H. Ali
• “No One Wants a New Cold War In the Arctic,” Dr. Rebecca Pincus
• “Diplomacy on Ice; Energy and the Environment in the Arctic and Antarctic,” Edited by Dr. Rebecca Pincus and Saleem H. Ali

Dr. Barry Zellen (Former Class of ’65 Arctic Scholar)

• “Stepping-Stones to a Secure Arctic: Strategic Importance of Arctic Island Chains Grows in Lockstep with Rise in Polar Temperatures, State Rivalry,” CG Proceedings (The Coast Guard Journal of Safety and Security at Sea: Proceedings of the Marine Safety and Security Council), Volume 78, No. 1 (Spring 2021), 25-30. Dr. Barry Zellen
• “State-Tribe Collaboration and the Future of Arctic Cooperation: Moderating Inter-State Competition through Collaborative Multilevel Governance, from Trading Posts to the Arctic Council,” in the Special Issue on Polar Law of The Polar Journal (Taylor & Francis Group), September 2020. Dr. Barry Zellen
• “Greenland as an American Territory: A Bad Idea, a Bold Idea … or a Beyond-the-Horizon Idea worth Studying?” Dr. Barry Zellen

LCDR Jeremy McKenzie, USCG (ret.), (Former CASP researcher)

• “US Arctic Policy since Nixon: Continuity and Incremental Change,” Jeremy McKenzie, Summer 2023.
• “Arctic Nation: Climate Change Changes Policy,” in Understanding and Teaching Contemporary US History Since Reagan, Jeremy McKenzie, 2022
• “A Case for a Stronger Partnership with Russia in the Arctic,” Jeremy McKenzie, December 2019.
• “Instead of Buying Greenland, Enhance Security & Cooperation,” Jeremy McKenzie, November 2019.
• “America is an Arctic Nation, It’s Time We Acted Like It,” Jeremy McKenzie, January 2019.

Ms. Lucy Daghir (Former CASP cadet/student)

• “Taking “Semper Paratus” to a Whole New Latitude in Connecticut and the Arctic,” Ms. Lucy Daghir

CASP Fellows

Dr. Craig Allen

• “Closing the Icebreaker Gap (1 of 2),” Professor Craig Allen
• “Closing the Icebreaker Gap (2 of 2),” Professor Craig Allen
• “A Busy March for Arctic Affairs Watchers,” Craig H. Allen
• “The Coast Guard Advances its Arctic Readiness in 2015, but Challenges Remain,” Dr. Craig Allen (previous CMPS faculty, presently CASP Fellow)
• “Will Compulsory Dispute Settlement Sink the LOS Convention in the Senate?,”Dr. Craig Allen (previous CMSP faculty, presently CASP Fellow);
• “The International Law of the Sea: A Treaty for Thee; Customary Law for Me?,”Dr. Craig Allen (previous CMSP faculty, presently CASP Fellow)
• “The Time is Now to Act to Protect U.S. Interests in the Artic,” Dr. Craig Allen (previous CMSP faculty, presently CASP Fellow)
• “Envision a Cruise Ship Capsizing in Arctic Seas,” Dr. Craig Allen (previous CMSP faculty, presently CASP Fellow)

Dr. Lawson Brigham

• Agency Challenges and Implications with a U.S. Extended Continental Shelf, Lawson Brigham, Dec. 19, 2023
• “Global Offshore Wind Energy: Emerging Ocean Use”, U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, January 2021
• “The Suez Canal and Global Trade Routes,” U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, May 2021
• “Sustainable Shipping in a Changing Arctic,” Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
• “Arctic Maritime Connections,” Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
• House Testimony (pdf), Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
• “Arctic Maritime Connections,” Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
• Chapter in “Governance of Arctic Shipping,” Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
• “Charting the U.S. Maritime Arctic,” Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
• “More Assets for the Arctic,” Dr. Lawson W. Brigham
• “Russia and U.S. Must Maintain Arctic Relations in an Interconnected World,” David Slayton, Lawson W. Brigham, Ph.D

Mr. Jim Ellis

• “Is the U.S. Prepared Legally and Operationally to Protect its Arctic Interests?,” Mr. Jim Ellis

VADM Roger Rufe

• “Arctic Maritime Connections,” VADM Rufe (USCG, ret.)

Additional Contributions

• “Geospatial Comparison of Satellite-based Ship-Tracking Information in the U.S. Bering and Chukchi Seas”
• “A Global Approach Informs U.S. Coast Guard Strategy in the Bering Strait Region”

CASP Affiliated Faculty

• Proximity of Commercial Maritime Traffic to the Arctic Marginal Ice Zone, 2012−2023, As presented at the Arctic Frontiers conference, Tromso, Norway, January 31, 2024 by Lucy Vlietstra, U.S. Coast Guard Academy of work done in collaboration with Kayla Hinrichs, Independent Researcher
• Polar class ship accessibility to Arctic seas north of the Bering Strait in a decade of variable sea-ice conditions,, Lucy Vlietstra, Kayla R. Hinrichs, E. Rachel Bernstein, Alexandra Darden, Matthew Martino

Cadet Research

A time-dependent ice accretion model for trap-setting fishing vessels with Filigree structures.” A paper presented by cadets Peter MGonagle, Colman Schofiled, and Delaney Taplin-Patterson at the 15th International Marine Design Conference (IMDC-2024), in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 2-6, 2024 READ MORE

• National Strategy for the Arctic Region Implementation Plan (2023)
• U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Strategic Outlook Implementation Plan (2023)
• National Security Strategy (2022)
• National Strategy for the Arctic Region (2022)
• Implementation Plan for the National Strategy for the Arctic Region (2014)
• U.S. Department of State, Office of the U.S. Coordinator for the Arctic Region
• DHS Strategic Approach for Arctic Homeland Security (2021)
• U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Strategic Outlook (2019)
• Department of Defense Arctic Strategy (2019)
• Department of the Navy Strategic Blueprint for the Arctic (2021)
• U.S. Navy Strategic Outlook for the Arctic (2019)
• Department of the Air Force Arctic Strategy (2020)
• U.S. Army Regaining Arctic Dominance (2021)
• U.S. in the Arctic Council
• International Maritime Organization (IMO) Polar Code
• Arctic and North Atlantic Security and Emergency Preparedness Network (ARCSAR)