Contributors

Roger Bradbury: Dr. Roger Bradbury is Emeritus Professor of Complex Systems Science in the National Security College, Australian National University. He worked for many years in the Australian intelligence community on the strategic analysis of international science and technology issues.

Joe Burton: Dr. Joe Burton is an Associate Lecturer in the School of International Relations at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. Prior to that he was Marie Curie research fellow at the Université libre de Bruxelles working on the European Commission–funded project Strategic Cultures of Cyber Warfare (CYBERCULT). He was also a Senior Lecturer in the New Zealand Institute for Security and Crime Science at the University of Waikato. Joe is the author of NATO’s Durability in a Post-Cold War World (SUNY Press, 2018), the editor of Emerging Technologies and International Security: Machines, the State and War (Routledge, 2020), and his work has been published in International Affairs, Defence Studies, Journal of Cyber Policy, Asian Security, and Political Science.

Douglas Causey: Dr. Douglas Causey is Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Alaska Anchorage, Faculty Affiliate of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Belfer Center Arctic Initiative, and a Global Fellow of the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute. An ecologist and evolutionary biologist by training, he has authored more than two hundred publications on the environmental correlates of Arctic climate change, and he and his students are actively conducting research in Alaska, the Bering Sea, and in northwestern Greenland. He has published extensively on policy issues related to the Arctic environment, Arctic environmental security and bioterrorism, and public health.

Brenda Dunkle: Brenda Dunkle is a graduate student at the University of Alaska Anchorage and an affiliate at the Arctic Domain Awareness Center.

Lassi K. Heininen: Dr. Lassi Heininen is Professor (emeritus) of Arctic Politics at the University of Lapland (Finland), Professor of International Relations at the Northern (Arctic) Federal University (Russia), editor of Arctic Yearbook, and leader of UArctic’s TN on Geopolitics and Security. His research fields include international relations, geopolitics, security studies, environmental politics, and Arctic studies. He lectures to, and supervises, PhD candidates from Finnish and foreign universities, speaks regularly at international conferences, and chairs the GlobalArctic Mission Council of the Arctic Circle. He publishes in, and acts as reviewer for, international academic journals and publications. Among his recent publications are “The Post-Cold War Arctic,” in Global Arctic: An Introduction to the Multifaceted Dynamics (Springer, 2022); “Arctic Geopolitics from Classical to Critical Approach,” in the journal Geography, Environment, Sustainability; Arctic Policies and Strategies—Analysis, Synthesis, and Trends (co-authored with Everett, Padrtova, and Reissell; International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2020); and Climate Change and Security: Searching for a Paradigm Shift (co-edited with Exner-Pirot; Palgrave Pivot, 2020).

Randy “Church” Kee: Major General Randy “Church” Kee, United States Air Force (retired), serves as Senior Advisor, Arctic Security Affairs, responsible for establishing the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies, the Department of Defense’s sixth and newest regional center, which is being established in Anchorage Alaska. Formerly he was the Executive Director of the Arctic Domain Awareness Center at the University of Alaska, a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. He has led at the Squadron, Group, Wing, and Air Ops Center levels. His staff assignments include US Transportation Command, Headquarters USAF, and the US Joint Staff in both Operations plus Strategic Plans and Policy Directorates. He has contributed to US Arctic strategy, supported domain awareness technology development, and provided defense support to Arctic crisis response. His military service culminated in his appointment as Director of Strategy, Policy, Planning and Capabilities for US European Command in Stuttgart, Germany. General Kee is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center Polar Institute and serves an important role for the International Cooperative Exchange for Polar Research.

Ilan Kelman: Dr. Ilan Kelman (http://www.ilankelman.org and Twitter/Instagram @ILANKELMAN) is Professor of Disasters and Health at University College London, England, and a Professor II at the University of Agder, Kristiansand, Norway. His overall research interest is linking disasters and health, integrating climate change into both. Two main areas are (i) disaster diplomacy and health diplomacy (http://www.disasterdiplomacy.org) and (ii) island sustainability involving safe and healthy communities in isolated locations (http://www.islandvulnerability.org).

Timo Koivurova: Dr. Timo Koivurova is a research professor at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland.

Peter Layton: Dr. Peter Layton is a Visiting Fellow at the Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University, a Royal United Services Institute Associate Fellow, and a Fellow of the Australian Security Leaders Climate Group. He has extensive aviation and defence experience, a doctorate on grand strategy, and, for his work at the Pentagon, the United Sates Secretary of Defense’s Exceptional Public Service Medal. His posts, articles, and papers may be found at https://peterlayton.academia.edu/research.

Christian Leuprecht: Dr. Christian Leuprecht is Class of 1965 Distinguished Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada and Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Military Journal. He also directs the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations in the School of Policy Studies and is an Adjunct Research Professor in the Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security at Charles Sturt University. A former Bicentennial Professor in Canadian Studies at Yale University, Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College, and Fulbright Research Chair in Canada–US Relations at John Hopkins University’s School for Advanced International Studies, he is an elected member of the College of New Scholars of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of the Cowan Prize for Excellence in Research at the Royal Military College of Canada.

Dwayne Ryan Menezes: Dr. Dwayne Ryan Menezes is the Founder and Managing Director of Polar Research and Policy Initiative. He has long pursued a career at the intersection of academia, policy, social entrepreneurship, and the arts. In his academic career, he is a historian of the British Empire, the Commonwealth, and the polar regions. He read History at the London School of Economics and Political Science at the University of Cambridge, graduating from the latter with a PhD in History. At present, he serves as Associate Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, and Honorary Fellow at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction, University College London.

Heather N. Nicol: Dr. Heather Nicol is the Director of the School for the Study of Canada, Director of the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies, and a Professor of Geography in the School of the Environment at Trent University. Her research is focused on exploring the dynamics that structure the political geography of the circumpolar North, with a specific focus on the North American Arctic and Canada-US relations. Her recent work is focused on cross-border relations, tensions, geopolitical narratives, and mappings of power and sovereignty. She is currently exploring circumpolar geopolitics in relation to globalization, security, environment, and governance. Nicol is a Fulbright Scholar and was the 2015–16 Visiting Fulbright Chair at the University of Washington, at the Centre for Canadian Studies, and the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies.

A. J. (Tony) Press: Dr. Tony Press is an Adjunct Professor at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies at the University of Tasmania. He was the Director of the Australian Antarctic Division from 1998 to 2009 and has considerable experience in Antarctic governance and in climate science. He is has written extensively on Antarctic affairs.

Joanna Vince: Dr. Joanna Vince is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at the School of Social Sciences in the College of Arts, Law and Education at the University of Tasmania. She publishes extensively in international academic journals and publications across disciplinary areas on oceans governance issues. Her research focuses on international, domestic, and comparative oceans governance; marine resource management; marine plastic pollution and governance solutions; hybrid and non-state, market-driven governance in fisheries and aquaculture; and the effectiveness of governance arrangements in deterring illegal, unregulated, and unreported fishing. She is a recipient of the Harold D. Laswell Prize in 2016 for her contribution to theory and practice in the policy sciences.

Robin Warner: Dr. Robin Warner is an Emeritus Professor at the Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, University of Wollongong, Australia. Her research interests include law of the sea, oceans governance, international marine environmental law, and climate law. She is the author of more than a hundred publications on ocean law and policy, including Protecting the Oceans beyond National Jurisdiction: Strengthening the International Law Framework (Martinus Nijhoff, 2009).